tęcza
See also: tęczą
Polish
tęcza
Etymology
- Probably cognate with Serbo-Croatian ту̏ча/tȕča (“hail”)[1] and Russian ту́ча (túča, “rain cloud”)[1]. Compare Lithuanian tánkus (“dense”) and ancient Greek τόξον (tóxon, “bow”), whence tangent (homophone).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtɛn.t͡ʂa/
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Declension
declension of tęcza
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | tęcza | tęcze |
| genitive | tęczy | tęcz |
| dative | tęczy | tęczom |
| accusative | tęczę | tęcze |
| instrumental | tęczą | tęczami |
| locative | tęczy | tęczach |
| vocative | tęczo | tęcze |
Derived terms
References
- Brückner, Aleksander (1927) Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna, published 1985, page 570
- Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 114. →ISBN
Further reading
- tęcza in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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