oktawa

See also: oktawą

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin octāva (octāvus).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔkˈta.va/

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• Rhymes: -ava
• Syllabification: ok‧ta‧wa

Noun

oktawa f

1. period of eight days
   1. eighth day of such a period
2. (music) octave (interval of eight notes)
3. (poetry) octave (poetic stanza consisting of eight lines)
4. (library science) octal book format
5. (historical) culverin variant between the 15th and 17th centuries

Declension

Declension of oktawa

	singular	plural
nominative	oktawa	oktawy
genitive	oktawy	oktaw
dative	oktawie	oktawom
accusative	oktawę	oktawy
instrumental	oktawą	oktawami
locative	oktawie	oktawach
vocative	oktawo	oktawy

Further reading

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