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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish alcaide,[1][2] from Arabic الْقَائِد (al-qāʔid).[1] First attested in 1808.[3][4]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈal.kat/
  • Rhymes: -alkat
  • Syllabification: al‧kad

Noun

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alkad m pers

  1. alcaide (governor or commander of a Spanish or Portuguese fortress or prison)
    alkad Limythe alcaide of Lima

Declension

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References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “alkad”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
  2. ^ Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), “alkad”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN
  3. ^ Gazeta Korrespondenta Warszawskiego y Zagranicznego[1] (in Polish), number 35, 1808, page 444
  4. ^ alkad in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego

Further reading

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Swedish

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Etymology

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From alkoholiserad (alcoholic).

Adjective

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alkad (comparative mer alkad, superlative mest alkad)

  1. (colloquial) alcoholic

Declension

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Inflection of alkad
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular alkad
neuter singular alkat
plural alkade
masculine plural2 alkade
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 alkade
all alkade

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

See also

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