ognisko

Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ognisko. By surface analysis, ogień +‎ -isko. Sense 3 and sense 5 are semantic loans from Latin focus (“hearth”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔɡˈɲis.kɔ/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -iskɔ
• Syllabification: og‧nis‧ko

Noun

ognisko n

1. bonfire, campfire (pile of wood, brushwood, etc., lit in the open air)
2. bonfire (social gathering usually held in the evening around a burning pyre)
4. focus (place where something is concentrated or from which something spreads)
5. cultural or educational center for the promotion of some field of art, science, etc.

   Synonym: ośrodek

7. (optics) focus, image point

   Synonym: fokus

8. (pathology) disease focus
9. (dated) fireplace, hearth

   Synonym: palenisko

Declension

Declension of ognisko

	singular	plural
nominative	ognisko	ogniska
genitive	ogniska	ognisk
dative	ognisku	ogniskom
accusative	ognisko	ogniska
instrumental	ogniskiem	ogniskami
locative	ognisku	ogniskach
vocative	ognisko	ogniska

Derived terms

adjective

• ogniskowy

 

nouns

• ognisko domowe
• ognisko rodzinne

 

verbs

• ogniskować impf, zogniskować pf

 

Related terms

noun

• ogniskowa

 

Further reading

• ognisko in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• ognisko in Polish dictionaries at PWN