alchemia

See also: alchemią

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Arabic اَلْكِيمِيَاء (al-kīmiyāʔ).

Noun

alchēmia f (genitive alchēmiae); first declension

  1. (Medieval Latin) alchemy

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative alchēmia alchēmiae
Genitive alchēmiae alchēmiārum
Dative alchēmiae alchēmiīs
Accusative alchēmiam alchēmiās
Ablative alchēmiā alchēmiīs
Vocative alchēmia alchēmiae

Derived terms

Further reading

Polish

Alternative forms

  • alchimija, alchymija, alkumija, alchimia, alchymia, alchemja (obsolete) First attested in 1534.[1]

Etymology

Borrowed from Old High German alchimîe, from French alchimie, or Spanish alquimia, from Old French alkimie, arquemie, from Medieval Latin alchimia, from Arabic اَلْكِيمِيَاء (al-kīmiyāʔ), from Ancient Greek χῠμείᾱ (khumeíā).[2][3] Doublet of chemia.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /alˈxɛ.mja/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛmja
  • Syllabification: al‧che‧mia

Noun

alchemia f

  1. (alchemy) alchemy (ancient chemistry)
    średniowieczna alchemiamedieval alchemy
    starożytna alchemiaancient alchemy
    rozwój alchemiithe development of alchemy
    historia alchemiithe history of alchemy
    praktykować/uprawiać alchemięto practice alchemy
  2. (literary) alchemy (act of creating something mysterious)
    tajemnicza alchemiamysterious alchemy

Declension

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adjectives
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References

  1. alchimija”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish], 2010-2022
  2. Mirosław Bańko; Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
  3. Andrzej Bańkowski (2000) Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego (in Polish)
  • Pęzik, Piotr; Przepiórkowski, A.; Bańko, M.; Górski, R.; Lewandowska-Tomaszczyk, B (2012) Wyszukiwarka PELCRA dla danych NKJP. Narodowy Korpus Języka Polskiego [National Polish Language Corpus, PELCRA search engine], Wydawnictwo PWN

Further reading

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