amfibrach

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀμφίβραχυς (amphíbrakhus).[1][2] First attested in 1825.[3]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /amˈfib.rax/
  • Rhymes: -ibrax
  • Syllabification: am‧fib‧rach

Noun

amfibrach m inan

  1. (prosody) amphibrach (metrical foot in ancient Greek or Latin consisting of two short syllables surrounding one long one)
    Hypernym: stopa

Declension
Declension of amfibrach
singular plural
nominative amfibrach amfibrachy
genitive amfibrachu/amfibracha amfibrachów
dative amfibrachowi amfibrachom
accusative amfibrach amfibrachy
instrumental amfibrachem amfibrachami
locative amfibrachu amfibrachach
vocative amfibrachu amfibrachy

Derived terms
adjective
adverb

References
  1. Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “amfibrach”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
  2. Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), “amfibrach”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN
  3. Józef Muczkowski (1825) Grammatyka języka polskiego‎ (in Polish), page 224
  • “amfibrach”, in Słownik gramatyczny języka polskiego [Grammatical Dictionary of Polish], 2022

Further reading
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