zámek
See also: zamek and Zamek
Czech
Etymology
The sense 'lock' is inherited from Proto-Slavic *zamъkъ. The sense 'manor house' is a semantic loan from Middle High German sloz (“lock, keep”) (cf. German Schloss),[1] itself a semantic loan of Latin clūsa (“lock, fort, fortification”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈzaːmɛk]
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Noun
zámek m inan
- lock (thing used for fastening)
- château, castle (French-style castle), palace, manor house
Declension
Declension of zámek (velar masculine inanimate reducible)
singular | plural | |
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nominative | zámek | zámky |
genitive | zámku | zámků |
dative | zámku | zámkům |
accusative | zámek | zámky |
vocative | zámku | zámky |
locative | zámku | zámcích |
instrumental | zámkem | zámky |
Derived terms
- zámecký
- zámečnictví n
- zámečník
- zámkový
Related terms
References
- "zámek2" in Jiří Rejzek, Český etymologický slovník, Leda, 2015, →ISBN, page 801.
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