zamach

Polish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *gʰe?

Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰō

Proto-Balto-Slavic *źō

Proto-Slavic *za

Proto-Slavic *za-

Old Polish za-

Polish za-

Proto-Indo-European *(s)meh₂-der.

Proto-Indo-European *meh₂s-der.

Proto-Balto-Slavic *māˀs-der.

Proto-Slavic *maxati

Proto-Indo-European *-né-der.

Proto-Slavic *-nǫti

Proto-Slavic *maxnǫti

Old Polish machnąć

Polish machnąć

Polish zamachnąćdeverb.

Polish zamach

Deverbal from zamachnąć.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈza.max/

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• Rhymes: -amax
• Syllabification: za‧mach

Noun

zamach m inan (related adjective zamachowy)

1. swing, swipe, sweep (movement of one's hand, leg, or object held backwards and then vigorously forward)

   Hypernym: ruch

2. (politics) attack, assassination, sabotage (organized action aimed at killing someone) [with na (+ accusative) ‘at whom/what’]
3. action aimed at destroying, eliminating, or diminishing the status of something

Declension

Declension of zamach

	singular	plural
nominative	zamach	zamachy
genitive	zamachu	zamachów
dative	zamachowi	zamachom
accusative	zamach	zamachy
instrumental	zamachem	zamachami
locative	zamachu	zamachach
vocative	zamachu	zamachy

Derived terms

adverbs

• za jednym zamachem

Related terms

adverbs

• zamachowo

nouns

• zamachowczyni
• zamachowiec

verbs

• zamachać pf
• zamachiwać impf
• zamachnąć pf

Further reading

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