zámok

See also: замок

Slovak

Alternative forms

• zámka

Etymology

The sense 'lock' is inherited from Proto-Slavic *zamъkъ. The sense ‘castle’ is a semantic loan from Middle High German sloz (“lock, keep”) (cf. German Schloss), itself a semantic loan of Latin clūsa (“lock, fort, fortification”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈzaːmɔk]

Noun

zámok m inan (genitive singular zámku, nominative plural zámky, genitive plural zámkov, declension pattern of dub)

1. lock
2. castle, château

Declension

Declension of zámok

	singular	plural
nominative	zámok	zámky
genitive	zámku	zámkov
dative	zámku	zámkom
accusative	zámok	zámky
locative	zámku	zámkoch
instrumental	zámkom	zámkami

Derived terms

• zámocký
• zámoček

Further reading

• “zámok”, 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