alchemia

See also: alchemią

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic اَلْكِيمِيَاء (al-kīmiyāʔ), from Ancient Greek χυμείᾱ (khumeíā).

Noun

alchēmia f (genitive alchēmiae); first declension

  1. (Medieval Latin) alchemy

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative alchēmia alchēmiae
Genitive alchēmiae alchēmiārum
Dative alchēmiae alchēmiīs
Accusative alchēmiam alchēmiās
Ablative alchēmiā alchēmiīs
Vocative alchēmia alchēmiae

Derived terms

Descendants

Further reading

Polish

Alternative forms
  • alchimija, alchymija, alkumija, alchimia, alchymia, alchemja (obsolete) First attested in 1534.[1]

Etymology

Borrowed from Old High German alchimîe, from French alchimie, or Spanish alquimia, from Old French alkimie, arquemie, from Medieval Latin alchimia, from Arabic اَلْكِيمِيَاء (al-kīmiyāʔ), from Ancient Greek χῠμείᾱ (khumeíā).[2][3] Doublet of chemia.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /alˈxɛ.mja/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛmja
  • Syllabification: al‧che‧mia

Noun

alchemia f

  1. (alchemy) alchemy (ancient chemistry)
    średniowieczna alchemia ― medieval alchemy
    starożytna alchemia ― ancient alchemy
    rozwój alchemii ― the development of alchemy
    historia alchemii ― the history of alchemy
    praktykować/uprawiać alchemię ― to practice alchemy
  2. (literary) alchemy (act of creating something mysterious)
    tajemnicza alchemia ― mysterious alchemy

Declension
Declension of alchemia
singular
nominative alchemia
genitive alchemii
dative alchemii
accusative alchemię
instrumental alchemią
locative alchemii
vocative alchemio

Derived terms
adjectives
adverb
nouns

References
  1. Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “alchimija”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
  2. Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “alchemia”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
  3. Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “alchemia”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)

Further reading
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