areszt
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian arresto or arrestare, from French arrêt, from Latin restare.[1] Compare Slovincian arest.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈa.rɛʂt/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -arɛʂt
- Syllabification: a‧reszt
Noun
areszt m inan
- (law enforcement) arrest (an act or instance of an arrest)
- (law enforcement) sequestration (an act or instance of an arrest)
- Synonyms: sekwestr, sekwestracja
- holding cell (place where the arrest is carried out)
Declension
Declension of areszt
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | areszt | areszty |
| genitive | aresztu | aresztów |
| dative | aresztowi | aresztom |
| accusative | areszt | areszty |
| instrumental | aresztem | aresztami |
| locative | areszcie | aresztach |
| vocative | areszcie | areszty |
Derived terms
adjective
Descendants
References
- ^ Brückner, Aleksander (1927) “areszt”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna