genocyd
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Apparently coined by Polish legal scholar Raphael Lemkin in 1943 or 1944 in reference to the Armenian Genocide and the Jewish Holocaust. From the stem of Ancient Greek γένος (génos, “race, kind”) + Latin -cīda (“killing, killer”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
genocyd m inan
- (rare) genocide (the systematic killing of substantial numbers of people on the basis of their ethnicity, religion, or nationality)
- Synonym: ludobójstwo
Declension edit
Declension of genocyd
singular | plural | |
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nominative | genocyd | genocydy |
genitive | genocydu | genocydów |
dative | genocydowi | genocydom |
accusative | genocyd | genocydy |
instrumental | genocydem | genocydami |
locative | genocydzie | genocydach |
vocative | genocydzie | genocydy |
Related terms edit
adjective
Further reading edit
- genocyd in Polish dictionaries at PWN