biblioteka

See also: bibliotēka, bibliotēkā, and biblioteką

Ilocano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish biblioteca.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /biblioˈteka/ [bi.bli.oˈte.ka]
• Hyphenation: bib‧lio‧te‧ka

Noun

biblioteka (Kur-itan spelling ᜊᜒᜊ᜔ᜎᜒᜂᜆᜒᜃ)

1. library

   Synonym: libreria

Ladino

Etymology

From Old Spanish [Term?], borrowed from Latin bibliothēca, from Ancient Greek βιβλιοθήκη (bibliothḗkē, “library”).

Noun

biblioteka f (plural bibliotekas)

1. library

Lithuanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bʲɪbʲlʲɔt̪ʲɛˈkɐ]

Noun

bibliotekà f (plural bibliotèkos) stress pattern 2

1. library

Declension

Declension of bibliotekà

	singular (vienaskaita)	plural (daugiskaita)
nominative (vardininkas)	bibliotekà	bibliotèkos
genitive (kilmininkas)	bibliotèkos	bibliotèkų
dative (naudininkas)	bibliotèkai	bibliotèkoms
accusative (galininkas)	bibliotèką	bibliotekàs
instrumental (įnagininkas)	bibliotekà	bibliotèkomis
locative (vietininkas)	bibliotèkoje	bibliotèkose
vocative (šauksmininkas)	bibliotèka	bibliotèkos

Lower Sorbian

Noun

biblioteka f

1. library

Declension

Declension of biblioteka

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	biblioteka	bibliotece	biblioteki
Genitive	biblioteki	bibliotekowu	bibliotekow
Dative	bibliotece	bibliotekoma	bibliotekam
Accusative	biblioteku	bibliotece	biblioteki
Instrumental	biblioteku	bibliotekoma	bibliotekami
Locative	bibliotece	bibliotekoma	bibliotekach

Further reading

• Starosta, Manfred (1999), “biblioteka”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• bibliotekene

Noun

biblioteka n

1. definite plural of bibliotek

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɪbljuteːkɑ/
• Rhymes: -ɑ

Noun

biblioteka n

1. definite plural of bibliotek

Polish

biblioteka

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin bibliothēca.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bi.bljɔˈtɛ.ka/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɛka
• Syllabification: bi‧blio‧te‧ka

Noun

biblioteka f (diminutive biblioteczka, related adjective biblioteczny)

1. library (institution which holds books)

   Synonym: książnica

2. bookhouse, library (building which stores books)
3. bookery, library (collection of books or manuscripts)

   Synonyms: biblioteczka, księgozbiór

4. bookcase, bookshelf (furniture displaying books)

   Synonym: biblioteczka

5. library (special room in the apartment with shelves of books)
6. (programming) library (collection of software routines for a program to use)

Declension

Declension of biblioteka

	singular	plural
nominative	biblioteka	biblioteki
genitive	biblioteki	bibliotek
dative	bibliotece	bibliotekom
accusative	bibliotekę	biblioteki
instrumental	biblioteką	bibliotekami
locative	bibliotece	bibliotekach
vocative	biblioteko	biblioteki

Derived terms

nouns

• bibliotekarka
• bibliotekarz
• bibliotekoznawca
• bibliotekoznawstwo

Related terms

adjectives

• bibliotekarski
• bibliotekoznawczy

nouns

• bibliotekarstwo

verbs

• bibliotekarzować impf

Further reading

• biblioteka in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• biblioteka in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• biblioteka in PWN's encyclopedia

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bibliotěːka/
• Hyphenation: bib‧li‧o‧te‧ka

Noun

bibliotéka f (Cyrillic spelling библиоте́ка)

1. library

   Synonym: knjížnica

Declension

Declension of biblioteka

	singular	plural
nominative	biblioteka	biblioteke
genitive	biblioteke	biblioteka
dative	biblioteci	bibliotekama
accusative	biblioteku	biblioteke
vocative	biblioteko	biblioteke
locative	biblioteci	bibliotekama
instrumental	bibliotekom	bibliotekama

Derived terms

• bibliotèkār

Upper Sorbian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Bibliothek.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bibljɔˈtɛka/
• Rhymes: -ɛka
• Hyphenation: bi‧b‧lio‧te‧ka
• Syllabification: bi‧bli‧o‧te‧ka

Noun

biblioteka f (diminutive bibliotečka, related adjective bibliotekowy or bibliotekski)

1. library (building or room containing a collection of books for on-site consultation or home loan)

   Synonym: knihownja

   Wužčuju sej knihi ze šulskeje biblioteki.

   I borrow books from the school library.

Declension

Declension of biblioteka (feminine velar stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	biblioteka	bibliotece	biblioteki
genitive	biblioteki	bibliotekow	bibliotekow
dative	bibliotece	bibliotekomaj	bibliotekam
accusative	biblioteku	bibliotece	biblioteki
instrumental	biblioteku	bibliotekomaj	bibliotekami
locative	bibliotece	bibliotekomaj	bibliotekach
vocative	biblioteka	bibliotece	biblioteki

Derived terms

adjectives

• bibliotekowy
• bibliotekski

nouns

• bibliotečka f
• bibliotekar m pers
• bibliotekarka f

References

• “biblioteka” in Soblex