margrabia

See also: margrabią

Polish

Etymology

From Old Czech markrabě, from Old High German marcgrāvo. Doublet of margraf.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /marˈɡra.bja/

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• Rhymes: -abja
• Syllabification: mar‧gra‧bia

Noun

margrabia m pers

1. (historical) margrave (administrative officer in charge of a margravate, especially in Germanophone countries)

   Synonym: margraf

2. (historical) margrave, marquis (hereditary prince in the Holy Roman Empire)

   Synonym: markiz

Declension

Declension of margrabia

	singular	plural
nominative	margrabia	margrabiowie/margrabie (deprecative)
genitive	margrabiego/margrabi	margrabiów
dative	margarbiemu/margrabi	margrabiom
accusative	margrabiego/margrabię	margrabiów
instrumental	margrabią/margrabim	margrabiami
locative	margrabim/margrabi	margrabiach
vocative	margrabio	margrabiowie

Derived terms

adjective

• margrabiowski

 

nouns

• margrabianka
• margrabiątko
• margrabina
• margrabstwo

 

Further reading

• margrabia in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• margrabia in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• margrabia in PWN's encyclopedia