kruchta
Czech
Etymology
Borrowed from German Kruft, from Latin crypta, from Ancient Greek κρυπτή (kruptḗ), female form of the adjective κρυπτός (kruptós). Doublet of krypta (“crypt”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈkruxta]
Noun
kruchta f
- choir (raised area in a church for the organ, singers and musicians)
- (Common Czech, dated) stage (for musicians) in an inn
Declension
Declension of kruchta (hard feminine mixed-reducible)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | kruchta | kruchty |
| genitive | kruchty | kruchet, krucht |
| dative | kruchtě | kruchtám |
| accusative | kruchtu | kruchty |
| vocative | kruchto | kruchty |
| locative | kruchtě | kruchtách |
| instrumental | kruchtou | kruchtami |
Further reading
- “kruchta”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “kruchta”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “kruchta”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from Czech kruchta,[1] from German Kruft, from Latin crypta, from Ancient Greek κρυπτή (kruptḗ), female form of the adjective κρυπτός (kruptós). Doublet of krypta (“crypt”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkrux.ta/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -uxta
- Syllabification: kruch‧ta
Noun
kruchta f
- (architecture) church porch
- Synonym: (archaic) babiniec
- (derogatory) orthodoxy, conformity to established and accepted religious (particularly Catholic) beliefs
- (derogatory) people who conform to Catholic orthodoxy
Declension
Declension of kruchta
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | kruchta | kruchty |
| genitive | kruchty | krucht |
| dative | kruchcie | kruchtom |
| accusative | kruchtę | kruchty |
| instrumental | kruchtą | kruchtami |
| locative | kruchcie | kruchtach |
| vocative | kruchto | kruchty |
Derived terms
adjectives
- kruchciany
- kruchtowy
References
- ^ Mieczysław Basaj, Janusz Siatkowski (2006) “kruchta”, in Bohemizmy w języku polskim: Słownik (in Polish), Warsaw: Wydział Polonistyki Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego, →ISBN, page 107