fornal

Catalan

Etymology

Either from an earlier *fornau, from Latin fornax (“furnace”), or from Vulgar Latin *furnale, from furnus (“oven”).

Pronunciation

Noun

fornal m (plural fornals)

  1. forge, hearth
    Synonyms: farga, forja

Further reading

Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish fornal, further etymology uncertain. Per Brückner, from German Vornagel,[1] favored by Sławski, rejected by Bańkowski, who instead derives it from hypothetical German *vorn-eil-er.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈfɔr.nal/
  • Rhymes: -ɔrnal
  • Syllabification: for‧nal

Noun

fornal m pers

  1. (agriculture, historical) farmhand tending the horses
    Synonym: rataj
    Hypernyms: najmita, rolnik

Declension
Declension of fornal
singular plural
nominative fornal fornale
genitive fornala fornali/fornalów
dative fornalowi fornalom
accusative fornala fornali/fornalów
instrumental fornalem fornalami
locative fornalu fornalach
vocative fornalu fornale

Noun

fornal m inan

  1. drawbar hitch
    Hypernyms: hak, zaczep

Declension
Declension of fornal
singular plural
nominative fornal fornale
genitive fornalu fornali
dative fornalowi fornalom
accusative fornal fornale
instrumental fornalem fornalami
locative fornalu fornalach
vocative fornalu fornale

Derived terms
adjective
  • fornalski
noun
  • fornalka

References
  1. Brückner, Aleksander (1927) “fornal”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna

Further reading
  • fornal in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • fornal in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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