alchemia

See also: alchemią

Latin

Alternative forms

• alkimia, alckimia (Medieval Latin)
• alchimia
• alchymia

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰew-

Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥

Proto-Hellenic *-mə

Ancient Greek -μᾰ (-mă)

Ancient Greek χῠ́μᾰ (khŭ́mă)

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂

Proto-Hellenic *-íā

Ancient Greek -ία (-ía)

Ancient Greek χυμείᾱ (khumeíā)bor.

Arabic الْكِيمِيَاء (al-kīmiyāʔ)bor.

Latin alchēmīa

Borrowed from Arabic اَلْكِيمِيَاء (al-kīmiyāʔ), from Ancient Greek χυμείᾱ (khumeíā).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [aɫ.kʰeːˈmiː.a]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [al.keˈmiː.a]

Noun

alchēmīa f (genitive alchēmīae); first declension

1. (Medieval Latin) alchemy

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	alchēmīa	alchēmīae
genitive	alchēmīae	alchēmīārum
dative	alchēmīae	alchēmīīs
accusative	alchēmīam	alchēmīās
ablative	alchēmīā	alchēmīīs
vocative	alchēmīa	alchēmīae

Derived terms

• alchēmista

Descendants

• → Bulgarian: алхимия (alhimija)
• → Catalan: alquímia
• → Esperanto: alkemio
• → Italian: alchimia
• → Middle High German: alchemie
  • German: Alchemie
• → Old French: alkimie (see there for further descendants)
• → Spanish: alquimia

Further reading

• alchemia on the Latin Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^la

Polish

Alternative forms

• alchimija, alchymija, alkumija, alchimia, alchymia, alchemja (obsolete) First attested in 1534.

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰew-

Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥

Proto-Hellenic *-mə

Ancient Greek -μᾰ (-mă)

Ancient Greek χῠ́μᾰ (khŭ́mă)

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂

Proto-Hellenic *-íā

Ancient Greek -ία (-ía)

Ancient Greek χυμείᾱ (khumeíā)bor.

Arabic الْكِيمِيَاء (al-kīmiyāʔ)bor.

Medieval Latin alchēmīabor.

Middle High German alchimîebor.

Polish alchemia

Borrowed from Middle High German alchimîe, borrowed from Medieval Latin alchēmīa. Doublet of chemia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /alˈxɛ.mja/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɛmja
• Syllabification: al‧che‧mia

Noun

alchemia f

1. (alchemy) alchemy (ancient chemistry)

   średniowieczna alchemia ― medieval alchemy

   starożytna alchemia ― ancient alchemy

   rozwój alchemii ― the development of alchemy

   historia alchemii ― the history of alchemy

   praktykować/uprawiać alchemię ― to practice alchemy

2. (literary) alchemy (act of creating something mysterious)

   tajemnicza alchemia ― mysterious alchemy

Declension

Declension of alchemia

	singular
nominative	alchemia
genitive	alchemii
dative	alchemii
accusative	alchemię
instrumental	alchemią
locative	alchemii
vocative	alchemio

Derived terms

adjectives

• alchemicki
• alchemiczny

adverb

• alchemicznie

nouns

• alchemik
• alchemista

Further reading

• “alchemia”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “alchemia”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)
• Jadwiga Chotkowska (13.05.2022), “ALCHIMIA”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]
• Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814), “alchimia”, in Słownik języka polskiego
• Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861), “alchemja”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
• J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “alchemja”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 22
• alchemia in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego