ambaras

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from French embarras (“barrier, obstacle”) from barre (“beam”).[1][2][3][4] First attested in 1754–1770.[5]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /amˈba.ras/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -aras
  • Syllabification: am‧ba‧ras

Noun

ambaras m inan

  1. (literary) perplexity, obstacle, impediment (situation that is hard to overcome)
    Synonyms: bieda, gips, kanał, kłopot, kram, pasztet, pierepałka, problem, (dialectal) termedyja, zgryz
    cały ambaras ― to whole impediment
    niezły ambaras ― a decent impediment
    wielki ambaras ― a big impediment
    nie lada ambaras ― not just any impediment
    narobić ambarasu ― to stir up an impediment

Declension

Declension of ambaras
singular plural
nominative ambaras ambarasy
genitive ambarasu ambarasów
dative ambarasowi ambarasom
accusative ambaras ambarasy
instrumental ambarasem ambarasami
locative ambarasie ambarasach
vocative ambarasie ambarasy

Derived terms

adjective
noun
verbs

References

  1. ^ Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “ambaras”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
  2. ^ Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “ambaras”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
  3. ^ Brückner, Aleksander (1927) “ambaras”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna
  4. ^ Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), “ambaras”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN
  5. ^ Krystyna Siekierska (10.01.2019) “AMBARAS”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]

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