ołtarz

Polish

Alternative forms

• ontarz (Eastern Lublin, Krasnystaw County, Podlachia, Eastern Lublin, Grójec, Biłgoraj County)
• ûntorz (Łowicz)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-European *h₂l̥tós

Proto-Italic *altos

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.?

Proto-Italic *-ālis

Latin -ālis

Latin altāreder.

Czech oltářbor.

Polish ołtarz

Borrowed from Czech oltář, from Latin altāre, from Proto-Italic *altos + Latin -ālis. Doublet of altaria.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔw.taʂ/

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• Rhymes: -ɔwtaʂ
• Syllabification: oł‧tarz

Noun

ołtarz m inan (diminutive ołtarzyk)

1. (religion) altar

Declension

Declension of ołtarz

	singular	plural
nominative	ołtarz	ołtarze
genitive	ołtarza	ołtarzy
dative	ołtarzowi	ołtarzom
accusative	ołtarz	ołtarze
instrumental	ołtarzem	ołtarzami
locative	ołtarzu	ołtarzach
vocative	ołtarzu	ołtarze

Derived terms

adjective

• ołtarzowy

Further reading

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