amfibrach

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀμφίβραχυς (amphíbrakhus).[1][2] First attested in 1825.[3]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /amˈfi.brax/
  • Rhymes: -ibrax
  • Syllabification: am‧fi‧brach

Noun

amfibrach m inan

  1. (prosody) amphibrach (metrical foot in ancient Greek or Latin consisting of two short syllables surrounding one long one)
    Hypernym: stopa

Declension

Declension of amfibrach
singular plural
nominative amfibrach amfibrachy
genitive amfibrachu/amfibracha amfibrachów
dative amfibrachowi amfibrachom
accusative amfibrach amfibrachy
instrumental amfibrachem amfibrachami
locative amfibrachu amfibrachach
vocative amfibrachu amfibrachy

Derived terms

adjective
adverb

References

  1. ^ Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “amfibrach”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
  2. ^ Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), “amfibrach”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN
  3. ^ Józef Muczkowski (1825) Grammatyka języka polskiego‎[1] (in Polish), page 224
  • “amfibrach”, in Słownik gramatyczny języka polskiego [Grammatical Dictionary of Polish], 2022

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