zámok

See also: замок

Slovak

Alternative forms
  • zámka

Etymology

The sense 'lock' is inherited from Proto-Slavic *zamъkъ. The sense ‘castle’ is a semantic loan from Middle High German sloz (“lock, keep”) (cf. German Schloss), itself a semantic loan of Latin clūsa (“lock, fort, fortification”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈzaːmɔk]

Noun

zámok m inan (genitive singular zámku, nominative plural zámky, genitive plural zámkov, declension pattern of dub)

  1. lock
  2. castle, château

Declension
Declension of zámok
singular plural
nominative zámok zámky
genitive zámku zámkov
dative zámku zámkom
accusative zámok zámky
locative zámku zámkoch
instrumental zámkom zámkami

Derived terms
  • zámocký
  • zámoček

Further reading
  • “zámok”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024
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