genocyd

Polish

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): /ɡɛˈnɔ.t͡sɨt/

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• Rhymes: -ɔt͡sɨt
• Syllabification: ge‧no‧cyd

Noun

genocyd m inan

1. (rare) genocide (the systematic killing of substantial numbers of people on the basis of their ethnicity, religion, or nationality)

   Synonym: ludobójstwo

Declension

Declension of genocyd

	singular	plural
nominative	genocyd	genocydy
genitive	genocydu	genocydów
dative	genocydowi	genocydom
accusative	genocyd	genocydy
instrumental	genocydem	genocydami
locative	genocydzie	genocydach
vocative	genocydzie	genocydy

Related terms

adjective

• genocydalny

 

Further reading

• genocyd in Polish dictionaries at PWN