barkas

Dutch

Etymology

Possibly loaned twice, first from Spanish barcaza or Portuguese barcaça, later from French barcasse.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈbɑrkɑs/, /bɑrˈkɑs/
  • Audio(file)

Noun

barkas f (plural barkassen, diminutive barkasje n)

  1. launch; largest lifeboat aboard a ship

Descendants
  • → Russian: барка́с (barkás) (possibly)
  • → Sranan Tongo: barkasi

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish barcaza,[1] or from French barcasse.[2]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈbar.kas/
  • Rhymes: -arkas
  • Syllabification: bar‧kas

Noun

barkas m inan

  1. (nautical, military) launch (the boat of the largest size and/or of most importance belonging to a ship of war)
  2. fishing boat with a net or trawl
  3. port boat

Declension
Declension of barkas
singular plural
nominative barkas barkasy
genitive barkasu barkasów
dative barkasowi barkasom
accusative barkas barkasy
instrumental barkasem barkasami
locative barkasie barkasach
vocative barkasie barkasy

References
  1. Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “barkas”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
  2. Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), “barkas”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN

Further reading
  • barkas in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Swedish

Verb

barkas

  1. passive infinitive of barka
  2. present passive of barka

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