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archa

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See also: -archa and archą

Czech

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin arca.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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archa f

  1. ark (the ship built by Noah)

Declension

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References

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  1. ^ Machek, Václav (1968), “archa”, in Etymologický slovník jazyka českého [Etymological Dictionary of the Czech Language], 2nd edition, Prague: Academia, page 38

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Latin

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Etymology

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Medieval respelling.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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archa f (genitive archae); first declension

  1. (Medieval Latin) alternative spelling of arca

Declension

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First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative archa archae
genitive archae archārum
dative archae archīs
accusative archam archās
ablative archā archīs
vocative archa archae

Old Polish

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin arca.[1][2][3] First attested in the 15th century.[4]

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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archa f

  1. (religion) arch (chest, box, coffer, safe)

Descendants

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  • Polish: arka
  • Silesian: arka

References

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  1. ^ Mirosław Bańko; Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021), “arka”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
  2. ^ Stanisław Dubisz, editor (2003), “arka”, in Uniwersalny słownik języka polskiego [Universal dictionary of the Polish language]‎[1] (in Polish), volumes 1-4, Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN SA, →ISBN
  3. ^ Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), “arka”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN
  4. ^ Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000), “archa”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)

Polish

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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archa m animacy unattested

  1. Middle Polish form of arka

Declension

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Shuar

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Noun

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archa

  1. harpoon

References

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  • Chicham: Dictionario Enciclopédico Shuar-Castellano

Slovak

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Middle High German archa.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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archa f

  1. Ark (the ship built by Noah)
  2. in the expression archa zmluvy: Ark of the Covenant
  3. ark (a gothic winged altar)

Declension

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Declension of archa
(pattern žena)
singularplural
nominativearchaarchy
genitivearchyárch
dativearchearchám
accusativearchuarchy
locativearchearchách
instrumentalarchouarchami

References

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  1. ^ Králik, Ľubor (2016), “archa”, in Stručný etymologický slovník slovenčiny [Concise Etymological Dictionary of Slovak] (in Slovak), Bratislava: VEDA; JÚĽŠ SAV, →ISBN, page 50

Further reading

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  • archa”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

Slovincian

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Etymology

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    Borrowed from German Arche.

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /ˈar.xa/
    • Rhymes: -arxa
    • Syllabification: ar‧cha

    Noun

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    archa f

    1. (religion) ark (Noah’s ship)

    Further reading

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