akolita

See also: akolitą

Polish

Alternative forms

• akolit (obsolete, 16th–19th c.)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ecclesiastical Latin acolythus, from Ancient Greek ἀκόλουθος (akólouthos). First attested in 1528.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.kɔˈli.ta/

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• Rhymes: -ita
• Syllabification: a‧ko‧li‧ta

Noun

akolita m pers (female equivalent akolitka)

1. (Christianity) acolyte [from 16th c.]

   akolita ustanowiony ― an appointed acolyte

2. (formal, often ironic) acolyte (attendant, assistant or follower) [from 19th c.]

   Synonyms: pomocnik, poplecznik

   wierny akolita ― a faithful acolyte

Declension

Declension of akolita

	singular	plural
nominative	akolita	akolici/akolity (deprecative)
genitive	akolity	akolitów
dative	akolicie	akolitom
accusative	akolitę	akolitów
instrumental	akolitą	akolitami
locative	akolicie	akolitach
vocative	akolito	akolici

Related terms

noun

• akolitat

 

Further reading

• akolita in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• akolita in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Teresa Sokołowska (09.04.2011) “AKOLIT”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]
• Krystyna Siekierska (01.09.2008) “AKOLITA”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]
• Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “akolita”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861‎^[2]
• J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “akolit, akolita”, in Słownik języka polskiego‎^[3] (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 17