pomnik
Lower Sorbian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Upper Sorbian pomnik, from Czech pomník, from Polish pomnik.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
pomnik m inan (diminutive pomnick, related adjective pomnikowy or pomnikojski)
Declension edit
Declension of pomnik
Derived terms edit
nouns
Further reading edit
- Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “pomnik”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
- Starosta, Manfred (1999) “pomnik”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag
Polish edit
Etymology edit
From pomny + -ik. Calque of Latin monumentum. Coined by Jacek Przybylski in 1788.[1][2]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
pomnik m inan (diminutive pomniczek, related adjective pomnikowy)
- (sculpture) monument (structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons)
- Synonym: monument
- gravestone
- Synonym: nagrobek
- something or someone of great value in the achievements of some field of human activity (e.g., science, history, art) or time (Is there an English equivalent to this definition?)
Declension edit
Declension of pomnik
Related terms edit
nouns
adjectives
adverbs
Descendants edit
- → Belarusian: по́мнік (pómnik)
- → Czech: pomník
- → Kashubian: pòmnik
- → Silesian: pōmnik
- → Vilamovian: pomnik
References edit
- ^ Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “pomnik”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN, page 461
- ^ Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “pomnik”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), volume 694, page 2
Further reading edit
Upper Sorbian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Czech pomník, from Polish pomnik.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
pomnik m inan (related adjective pomnikowy)
Declension edit
Declension of pomnik
Derived terms edit
verbs
adjectives
Related terms edit
verbs
Descendants edit
- → Lower Sorbian: pomnik
Further reading edit
- “pomnik” in Soblex
- Křesćan Pful, editor (1866), “pomnik”, in Łužiski serbski słownik / Lausitzisch Wendisches Wörterbuch[1] (in German), Budyšin: Maćica Serbska, page 492
Vilamovian edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
pomnik m