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ratusz

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Old Polish

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Etymology

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    Borrowed from Middle High German rāthūs. First attested in 1462.

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /raːtu(ː)ʃ/
    • IPA(key): (15th CE) /rɒtuʃ/

    Noun

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    ratusz m animacy unattested (related adjective ratuski)

    1. (attested in Greater Poland) town hall, city hall (building that is the seat of city authorities)
      • 1874-1891 [1462], Rozprawy i Sprawozdania z Posiedzeń Wydziału Filologicznego Akademii Umiejętności[1], [2], [3], volume XXV, page 269:
        Rathusz pretorium
        [Ratusz pretorium]
      • 1876-1929 [c. 1500], Vatroslav Jagić, editor, Archiv für slavische Philologie[4], volume X, page 205:
        Ecce adduco eum foras przeth ratvsz
        [Ecce adduco eum foras przed ratusz]
      • c. 1500, Wokabularz lubiński, Lubiń: inkunabuł Archiwum Archidiecezjalnego w Gnieźnie, sygn. Inc. 78d., page 106:
        Pretorium locus in quo pretor residet eyn rathausz rathvsz
        [Pretorium locus in quo pretor residet eyn rathausz ratusz]

    Descendants

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    References

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    Polish

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    Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
    Wikipedia pl
    Ratusz we Wrocławiu

    Alternative forms

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    Etymology

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      Inherited from Old Polish ratusz.

      Pronunciation

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      • Rhymes: -atuʂ
      • Syllabification: ra‧tusz

      Noun

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      ratusz m inan (related adjective ratuszowy)

      1. town hall, city hall (building that is the seat of city authorities)
        1. (government) town hall, city hall (institution of such authorities)
        2. (government, metonymic) town hall, city hall (city authorities; city government)
      2. (obsolete, law) town hall holding cell (holding cell of a town hall)
        Hypernym: areszt
      3. (Middle Polish, in the plural) town hall affairs (that which is related or going on with town hall)

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