Barcin

Polish

Etymology

Originally Barczino, Barczyno, from a personal name Barta +‎ -ino. Over time the gender shifted to masculine and the final -o was lost.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbar.t͡ɕin/
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  • Rhymes: -art͡ɕin
  • Syllabification: Bar‧cin

Proper noun

Barcin m inan

  1. a town in Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland

Declension

Derived terms

adjective
nouns
  • barcinianin
  • barcinianka

References

  1. ^ Kazimierz Rymut, Urszula Bijak, Barbara Czopek-Kopciuch, editors (1996), “Barcin”, in Nazwy miejscowe Polski: historia, pochodzenie, zmiany (in Polish), volume 1, Kraków: Wydawnictwo Instytutu Języka Polskiego PAN, →ISBN, page 77.

Further reading

  • Barcin in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Barcin in PWN's encyclopedia