archa

See also: -archa and archą

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin arca.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈarxa]

Noun

archa f

1. ark (the ship built by Noah)

Declension

Declension of archa (hard feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	archa	archy
genitive	archy	arch
dative	arše	archám
accusative	archu	archy
vocative	archo	archy
locative	arše	archách
instrumental	archou	archami

Further reading

• “archa”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935-1957
• “archa”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Latin

Etymology

Medieval respelling.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈar.ka/, [ˈärkä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈar.ka/, [ˈärkä]

Noun

archa f (genitive archae); first declension

1. (Medieval Latin) Alternative spelling of arca

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	archa	archae
Genitive	archae	archārum
Dative	archae	archīs
Accusative	archam	archās
Ablative	archā	archīs
Vocative	archa	archae

Old Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin arca. First attested in the 15th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (10^th–15^th CE) /arxa/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /arxa/

Noun

archa f

1. (religion) arch (chest, box, coffer, safe)
   • 1930 [c. 1455], “II Par”, in Ludwik Bernacki, editor, Biblia królowej Zofii (Biblia szaroszpatacka)‎^[2], 8, 11:

     Archa bosza bila wiszla do nyego (ingressa est in eam arca domini)

     [Archa boża była wyszła do niego (ingressa est in eam arca domini)]

Descendants

• Polish: arka
• Silesian: arka

References

• B. Sieradzka-Baziur, editor (2011–2015), “(arka) archa”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

Polish

Pronunciation

• (Middle Polish) IPA^(key): /ˈar.xa/

Noun

archa m animacy unattested

1. Middle Polish form of arka

Declension

Attested forms of archa

	singular	plural
nominative	archa	—
genitive	archy	—
dative	—	—
accusative	archę	—
instrumental	archą	—
locative	arsze	—
vocative	arko	—

Shuar

Noun

archa

1. harpoon

References

• Chicham: Dictionario Enciclopédico Shuar-Castellano

Slovincian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Arche.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈarxa/
• Rhymes: -arxa
• Syllabification: ar‧cha

Noun

archa f

1. (religion) ark (Noah’s ship)

Further reading

• Lorentz, Friedrich (1908) “ãrχă”, in Slovinzisches Wörterbuch‎^[3] (in German), volume 1, Saint Petersburg: ОРЯС ИАН, page 6