Gdańsk

See also: Gdansk and Gdaňsk

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish Gdańsk.

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ɡəˈdænsk/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ɡəˈdænsk/, /ɡəˈdɑːnsk/

Proper noun

Gdańsk

  1. A city on the north coast of Poland.

Synonyms

Translations

Polish
Gdańsk

Etymology

Disputed. Per Vasmer, derived from Gothic *𐌲𐌿𐍄𐌰𐌽𐍃. Eckblom rejects this, and many various etymologists suggest a native Proto-Slavic stem of *gъd- (“wet, damp”) and point to place names such as Gdynia and Gdecz (modern Giecz) as further reflexes of that stem. Others still suggest a Proto-Baltic stem of *gud- (Baltic reflexes including Old Prussian gudde (“forest”), gudas (“Belarusian: person speaking a foreign language”) or Lithuanian gudkarklis (“damp pasture”), gudobelė (“hawthorn”). Many etymologists support the Proto-Baltic origin, with an original stem of *Gud- + *-an + *-isk ("place of the forest people").[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɡdaɲsk/
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  • Rhymes: -aɲsk
  • Syllabification: Gdańsk

Proper noun

Gdańsk m inan (related adjective gdański)

  1. Gdańsk (the capital city of the Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland)
    Hypernym: Trójmiasto

Declension
Declension of Gdańsk
singular
nominative Gdańsk
genitive Gdańska
dative Gdańskowi
accusative Gdańsk
instrumental Gdańskiem
locative Gdańsku
vocative Gdańsku

Derived terms
nouns

References
  1. Kazimierz Rymut, Urszula Bijak, Barbara Czopek-Kopciuch, editors (1999), “Gdańsk”, in Nazwy miejscowe Polski: historia, pochodzenie, zmiany‎ (in Polish), volume 3, Kraków: Wydawnictwo Instytutu Języka Polskiego PAN, →ISBN, page 110

Further reading
  • Gdańsk in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • Gdańsk in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Gdańsk in PWN's encyclopedia
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