melika

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See also: meliką

Polish

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Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin melicus,[1] from Koine Greek μελικός (melikós), from Ancient Greek μέλος (mélos, “song, lyric”).[2]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /mɛˈli.ka/
  • Rhymes: -ika
  • Syllabification: me‧li‧ka

Noun

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melika f

  1. (poetry) melic poem (poem strictly about music) (Is there an English equivalent to this definition?)
    Hypernym: poemat
  2. (music) element of melody regarding the selection of pitches (Is there an English equivalent to this definition?)

Declension

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Declension of melika
singular plural
nominative melika meliki
genitive meliki melik
dative melice melikom
accusative melikę meliki
instrumental meliką melikami
locative melice melikach
vocative meliko meliki

Derived terms

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adjective
adjective

References

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  1. ^ Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “melika”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
  2. ^ Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), “melika”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN

Further reading

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  • melika in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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