archa

See also: -archa and archą

Czech

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin arca.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈarxa]

Noun

archa f

  1. ark (the ship built by Noah)

Declension

References

  1. ^ Machek, Václav (1968), “archa”, in Etymologický slovník jazyka českého [Etymological Dictionary of the Czech Language], 2nd edition, Prague: Academia, page 38

Further reading

Latin

Etymology

Medieval respelling.

Pronunciation

Noun

archa f (genitive archae); first declension

  1. (Medieval Latin) alternative spelling of arca

Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative archa archae
genitive archae archārum
dative archae archīs
accusative archam archās
ablative archā archīs
vocative archa archae

Old Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin arca.[1][2][3] First attested in the 15th century.[4]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /arxa/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /arxa/

Noun

archa f

  1. (religion) arch (chest, box, coffer, safe)

Descendants

  • Polish: arka
  • Silesian: arka

References

  1. ^ Mirosław Bańko; Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021), “arka”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
  2. ^ Dubisz, Stanisław, editor (2003), “arka”, in Uniwersalny słownik języka polskiego [Universal Dictionary of the Polish Language]‎[1] (in Polish), volumes 1–4, Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN, →ISBN, →OCLC
  3. ^ Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), “arka”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN
  4. ^ Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000), “archa”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
  • B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “(arka) archa”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

Polish

Pronunciation

Noun

archa m animacy unattested

  1. Middle Polish form of arka

Declension

Shuar

Noun

archa

  1. harpoon

References

  • Chicham: Dictionario Enciclopédico Shuar-Castellano

Slovak

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle High German archa.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /arxa/, [ˈarxa]
  • Rhymes: -arxa
  • Hyphenation: ar‧cha

Noun

archa f

  1. Ark (the ship built by Noah)
  2. in the expression archa zmluvy: Ark of the Covenant
  3. ark (a gothic winged altar)

Declension

Declension of archa
(pattern žena)
singularplural
nominativearchaarchy
genitivearchyárch
dativearchearchám
accusativearchuarchy
locativearchearchách
instrumentalarchouarchami

References

  1. ^ Králik, Ľubor (2016), “archa”, in Stručný etymologický slovník slovenčiny [Concise Etymological Dictionary of Slovak] (in Slovak), Bratislava: VEDA; JÚĽŠ SAV, →ISBN, page 50

Further reading

  • archa”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026

Slovincian

Etymology

    Borrowed from German Arche.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈar.xa/
    • Rhymes: -arxa
    • Syllabification: ar‧cha

    Noun

    archa f

    1. (religion) ark (Noah’s ship)

    Further reading