zegar

Polish

zegar

Etymology

From Middle High German seigære (“scales”, later also “clock”), derived from Middle High German seigen (“to weigh”), possibly related to sīgen (“to sink”), from Proto-Germanic *sīganą. Alternatively seigen may be derived from Latin exagium. Compare obsolete German Seiger (“clock”), Yiddish זייגער‎ (zeyger, “clock”), Hungarian cseger. Compare also German Zeiger (“hand of a clock”), which is unrelated but may have contributed to the semantic development.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈzɛ.ɡar/
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Noun

zegar m inan (diminutive zegarek)

clock (an instrument to measure or keep track of time)

Declension

declension of zegar

	singular	plural
nominative	zegar	zegary
genitive	zegara	zegarów
dative	zegarowi	zegarom
accusative	zegar	zegary
instrumental	zegarem	zegarami
locative	zegarze	zegarach
vocative	zegarze	zegary

Synonyms

czasomierz, godzinnik, godziny, zygor

Further reading

zegar in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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