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 (related adjective zámocký)

1. lock
2. castle, château

   Synonyms: hrad, tvrdza

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

• 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