archa

Borrowed from Latin arca.

• IPA^(key): [ˈarxa]

archa f

1. ark (the ship built by Noah)

• archa in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• archa in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Medieval respelling.

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈar.ka/, [ˈärkä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈar.ka/, [ˈärkä]

archa f (genitive archae); first declension

1. (Medieval Latin) Alternative spelling of arca

First-declension noun.

Learned borrowing from Latin arca.[1][2] First attested in the 15th century.

• IPA^(key): (10^th–15^th CE) /arxa/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /arxa/

archa f

1. (religion) arch (container)
   • 1930 [c. 1455], “II Par”, in Ludwik Bernacki, editor, Biblia królowej Zofii (Biblia szaroszpatacka)‎, 8, 11:

     Archa bosza bila wiszla do nyego (ingressa est in eam arca domini)

     [Archa boża była wyszła do niego (ingressa est in eam arca domini)]

• Polish: arka

• B. Sieradzka-Baziur, editor (2011–2015), “(arka) archa”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

• (Middle Polish) IPA^(key): /ˈar.xa/

archa m animacy unattested

1. Middle Polish form of arka

archa

1. harpoon

• Chicham: Dictionario Enciclopédico Shuar-Castellano