rynek

Czech

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle High German rinc ("town square", originally "ring").[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈrɪnɛk/
  • Rhymes: -nɛk, -ɪnɛk
  • Hyphenation: ry‧nek

Noun

rynek m inan

  1. (dated) square, an open space in a town [from 14th c.]
    • 1877, Jakub Malý, “Kopidlno”, in Vlastenský slovník historický, Praha: Rohlíček & Sievers, page 371–372:
      Roku 1506 v sobotu po sv. Václavě sťat jest na rynku Starého města Pražského mladý 24letý zeman Jan Kopidlanský, jenžto zabil jiného zemana Cukra z Tamfeldu.
      In 1506, on Saturday after the Saint Wenceslas day, young yeoman Jan Kopidlanský, who had killed another yeoman Cukr of Tamfeld, was executed on the square of the Old Town of Prague.

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References

  1. "ryn(e)k" in Jiří Rejzek, Český etymologický slovník, Leda, 2015, →ISBN, page 608.

Further reading

  • rynek in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu
  • rynek in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Polish

Etymology

From Middle High German rinc.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈrɨ.nɛk/

Noun

rynek m inan (diminutive ryneczek)

  1. market
  2. marketplace

Declension

Further reading

  • rynek in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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