departamynt

Silesian

Etymology

Internationalism; possibly borrowed from German Departement or Polish departament, ultimately from French département.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɛ.parˈta.mɪnt/

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• Rhymes: -amɪnt
• Syllabification: de‧par‧ta‧mynt

Noun

departamynt m inan

1. department (organizational unit of a ministry or other central institution)
2. (government) department (ministry in the USA and Canada)
3. (administration) department (unit of administrative division in some countries)

Declension

Declension of departamynt

	singular	plural
nominative	departamynt	departamynta
genitive	departamyntu	departamyntōw
dative	departamyntowi	departamyntōm
accusative	departamynt	departamynta
instrumental	departamyntym	departamyntami/departamyntōma
locative	departamyncie	departamyntach
vocative	departamyncie	departamynty

Further reading

• departamynt in silling.org
• Aleksandra Wencel (2023), “departamynt”, in Dykcjůnôrz ślų̊sko-polski, page 160