zámok
See also: замок
Slovak edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
Noun edit
zámok m inan (genitive singular zámku, nominative plural zámky, genitive plural zámkov, declension pattern of dub)
Declension edit
Declension of zámok
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Further reading edit
- “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