protoplastka
Polish
Etymology
From protoplasta + -ka.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /prɔ.tɔˈplast.ka/
- Rhymes: -astka
- Syllabification: pro‧to‧plast‧ka
Noun
protoplastka f (male equivalent protoplasta)
- female equivalent of protoplasta (“protoplast; progenitrix, foremother, Eve”) (founder of a lineage)
- Synonym: (of the Biblical character) Ewa
- protoplastka rodu; rasy, poczty elektronicznej ― progenitrix of a family; race, electronic mail
- 1876, Józef Szujski, Roztrząsania i opowiadania historyczne: (pisane w latach 1866–1870) [Dissertations and historical stories: (written between 1866–1870)][2] (non-fiction; paperback), Kraków: UJ, published 1876, page 315, lines 7–14:
- Mieszczanie ceniąc sobie te dobre z panami stósunki […] niejedna złotowłosa Gretchen mieszczańska rezyduje w starym dworcu pańskim[,] jako protoplastka rycerskich mężów XVI [16] i XVII [17] wieku, odprzysięgających się potém, […]!
- The townspeople, appreciating these good relations with their lords, […] [not?] many golden-haired burgher Gretchen reside in the old lord's court[,] as the foremother of the knightly husbands of the 16. and 17. centuries, swearing off afterwards, […]!
- female equivalent of protoplasta (“protoplast; prototype”) (something from which a thing is derived)
- female equivalent of protoplasta (“protoplast; ancestor, forerunner”) (in plants and animals: the original species from which other species are derived)
Declension
Declension of protoplastka
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | protoplastka | protoplastki |
| genitive | protoplastki | protoplastek |
| dative | protoplastce | protoplastkom |
| accusative | protoplastkę | protoplastki |
| instrumental | protoplastką | protoplastkami |
| locative | protoplastce | protoplastkach |
| vocative | protoplastko | protoplastki |
Further reading
- protoplastka in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- protoplastka in Polish dictionaries at PWN