admirál

See also: admiral, Admiral, and admirał

Czech

Etymology

From German Admiral, from English admiral, from Middle English, Anglo-Norman, and Old French admiral, from Medieval Latin admiralis, from Arabic أَمِير (ʔamīr, “commander”) + -alis (“-al”) under influence from admīrārī (“to admire, to respect”). First attested in the 16th century.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈadmɪraːl]
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Noun

admirál m inan

  1. admiral

Declension

Declension of admirál (hard masculine animate)
singular plural
nominative admirál admirálové
genitive admirála admirálů
dative admirálovi, admirálu admirálům
accusative admirála admirály
vocative admirále admirálové
locative admirálovi, admirálu admirálech
instrumental admirálem admirály

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Rejzek, Jiří (2015), “admirál”, in Český etymologický slovník [Czech Etymological Dictionary] (in Czech), 3rd (revised and expanded) edition, Praha: LEDA, →ISBN, page 47

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