napis

See also: nápis and napiš

Latin

Noun

nāpīs

1. dative/ablative plural of nāpus

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *napisъ; from na- +‎ the root of pisaś. Cognate with Upper Sorbian napis and Polish napis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈna.pʲis/
• Rhymes: -apʲis
• Syllabification: na‧pis

Noun

napis m inan

1. inscription, label
2. title (of a book, etc.)

Declension

Declension of napis

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	napis	napisa	napise
Genitive	napisa	napisowu	napisow
Dative	napisoju	napisoma	napisam
Accusative	napis	napisa	napise
Instrumental	napisom	napisoma	napisami
Locative	napisu	napisoma	napisach

Derived terms

• napisaś pf
• napisowaŕ m
• napisowaś impf
• napismo n

Polish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Slavic *na-

Proto-Slavic *pisati

Proto-Slavic *napisati

Polish napisaćdeverb.

Polish napis

Deverbal from napisać.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈna.pis/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -apis
• Syllabification: na‧pis

Noun

napis m inan

1. short piece of text, inscription
2. (computer science, mathematics) string

   Synonym: łańcuch

3. (chiefly in the plural) subtitle (textual version of the dialog in films)

Declension

Declension of napis

	singular	plural
nominative	napis	napisy
genitive	napisu	napisów
dative	napisowi	napisom
accusative	napis	napisy
instrumental	napisem	napisami
locative	napisie	napisach
vocative	napisie	napisy

Further reading

• “napis”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “napis”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)