zámek

See also: zamek and Zamek

Czech

Etymology

The sense 'lock' is inherited from Proto-Slavic *zamъkъ. The sense 'manor house' is a semantic loan from Middle High German sloz (“lock, keep”) (cf. German Schloss),[1] itself a semantic loan of Latin clūsa (“lock, fort, fortification”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈzaːmɛk]
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Noun

zámek m inan (diminutive zámeček)

  1. lock (something used for fastening)
  2. château, castle (French-style castle), palace, manor house

Declension

Declension of zámek (velar masculine inanimate reducible)
singular plural
nominative zámek zámky
genitive zámku zámků
dative zámku zámkům
accusative zámek zámky
vocative zámku zámky
locative zámku zámcích
instrumental zámkem zámky

Derived terms

See also

References

  1. ^ Rejzek, Jiří (2015) “zámek2”, in Český etymologický slovník [Czech Etymological Dictionary] (in Czech), 3rd (revised and expanded) edition, Praha: LEDA, →ISBN, page 801

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