Świętokrzyskie

Polish

Etymology

Ellipsis of Góry Świętokrzyskie (literally “mountains of the Holy Cross”), from góry and świętokrzyskie, a compound of święty (“holy”) +‎ -o- +‎ krzyż (“cross”) +‎ -ski (adjectival suffix) +‎ -e (nonvirile plural suffix reinterpreted as neuter singular).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɕfjɛn.tɔkˈʂɨs.kjɛ/

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• Rhymes: -ɨskjɛ
• Syllabification: Świę‧tok‧rzys‧kie

Proper noun

Świętokrzyskie n

1. (nominalized) A mountain range in southern Poland, sometimes known in English as Holy Cross

   Synonym: Góry Świętokrzyskie

2. (nominalized) A voivodeship of southern Poland, named after the mountain range

Declension

Declension of Świętokrzyskie

	singular
nominative	Świętokrzyskie
genitive	Świętokrzyskiego
dative	Świętokrzyskiemu
accusative	Świętokrzyskie
instrumental	Świętokrzyskiem
locative	Świętokrzyskiem
vocative	Świętokrzyskie

Related terms

nouns

• Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski
• Święty Krzyż

 

Further reading

• Świętokrzyskie in Polish dictionaries at PWN