majster
Polish
Alternative forms
- maister (Western Lublin, Eastern Lublin, Lublin Voivodeship)
Etymology
Borrowed from German Meister. Doublet of magister, maestro, metr, and mistrz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmaj.stɛr/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ajstɛr
- Syllabification: maj‧ster
Noun
majster m pers (related adjective majstrowy)
- master (tradesman who is qualified to teach apprentices)
- foreman, overseer (leader of a work crew)
- Synonym: nadzorca
- (colloquial) expert, past master, professional, specialist
- Synonym: fachowiec
Declension
Declension of majster
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | majster | majstrowie/majstrzy |
| genitive | majstra | majstrów |
| dative | majstrowi | majstrom |
| accusative | majstra | majstrów |
| instrumental | majstrem | majstrami |
| locative | majstrze | majstrach |
| vocative | majstrze | majstrowie/majstrzy |
Derived terms
nouns
- majster-klepka
verbs
- majstrować impf
Further reading
- majster in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- majster in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Slovak
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈmajscer]
- Hyphenation: maj‧ster
Noun
majster m pers (female equivalent majsterka or majstryňa)
Declension
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Further reading
- “majster”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025