akrostych

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀκροστιχίς (akrostikhís).[1] First attested in 1677–1694.[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /akˈrɔs.tɨx/
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  • Rhymes: -ɔstɨx
  • Syllabification: ak‧ros‧tych

Noun

akrostych m inan

  1. acrostic (poem or other text in which certain letters, often the first in each line, spell out a name or message)

Declension

References

  1. Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “akrostych”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
  2. Teresa Sokołowska (01.07.2007) “AKROSTYCH”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]

Further reading

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