See also: -archa and archą

Czech

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin arca.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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archa f

  1. ark (the ship built by Noah)

Declension

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References

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  1. ^ Machek, Václav (1968) “archa”, in Etymologický slovník jazyka českého [Etymological Dictionary of the Czech Language], 2nd edition, Prague: Academia, page 38

Further reading

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

Latin

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Etymology

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Medieval respelling.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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archa f (genitive archae); first declension

  1. (Medieval Latin) Alternative spelling of arca

Declension

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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

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin arca.[1][2][3] First attested in the 15th century.[4]

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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archa f

  1. (religion) arch (chest, box, coffer, safe)

Descendants

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  • Polish: arka
  • Silesian: arka

References

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  1. ^ Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “arka”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
  2. ^ Stanisław Dubisz, editor (2003), “arka”, in Uniwersalny słownik języka polskiego [Universal dictionary of the Polish language]‎[1] (in Polish), volumes 1-4, Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN SA, →ISBN
  3. ^ Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), “arka”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN
  4. ^ Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “archa”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
  • B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “(arka) archa”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

Polish

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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archa m animacy unattested

  1. Middle Polish form of arka

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Shuar

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Noun

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archa

  1. harpoon

References

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  • Chicham: Dictionario Enciclopédico Shuar-Castellano

Slovak

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Middle High German archa.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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archa f

  1. ark (the ship built by Noah)

Declension

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References

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  1. ^ Králik, Ľubor (2016) “archa”, in Stručný etymologický slovník slovenčiny [Concise Etymological Dictionary of Slovak] (in Slovak), Bratislava: VEDA; JÚĽŠ SAV, →ISBN, page 50

Further reading

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  • archa”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

Slovincian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from German Arche.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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archa f

  1. (religion) ark (Noah’s ship)

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