arabik

Old French

Adjective

arabik m (oblique and nominative feminine singular arabike)

1. Arabic; Arab

Old Polish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἀραβία (Arabía) +‎ -ik. First attested in 1472.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

arabik m animacy unattested

1. type of stone similar to ivory
   • 1900 [1472], Józef Rostafiński, editor, Symbola ad historiam naturalem medii aevi = Średniowieczna historya naturalna w Polsce. Ps 2‎^[1], number 1853:

     Arabyk arabicus

     [Arabik arabicus]

Related terms

adjective

• arabski

 

References

• B. Sieradzka-Baziur, editor (2011–2015), “arabik”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN