alkierz

See also: ałkierz

Old Polish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Czech alkeř, arkeř.[1][2][3][4] First attested in 1426.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /alʲkjɛ(ː)r̝/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /alʲkjɛr̝/, /alʲkjer̝/

Noun

alkierz m animacy unattested

  1. defense protrusion, defense bay
    • 1874 [1426], Monumenta Medii Aevi Historica res gestas Poloniae illustrantia. Pomniki Dziejowe Wieków Średnich do objaśnienia rzeczy polskich służące, volume XVI, page 991:
      Item tecturam faciat in modum crinalis, in vulgari crancz, et hoc idem tegat... simul cum propugnaculis et in eisdem propugnaculis erectis in vulgari alkerz
      [Item tecturam faciat in modum crinalis, in vulgari kranc, et hoc idem tegat... simul cum propugnaculis et in eisdem propugnaculis erectis in vulgari alkierz]
  2. (architecture) bower, deambulatory
    • 1876 [c. 1500], Vatroslav Jagić, editor, Archiv für slavische Philologie‎, volume X, page 383:
      Ganek, halkerz pinnaculum templi (statuit eum super pinnaculum templi Mat 4, 5).
      [Ganek, halkierz pinnaculum templi (statuit eum super pinnaculum templi Mat 4, 5).]

Descendants
  • Polish: alkierz

References
  1. Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “alkierz”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
  2. Brückner, Aleksander (1927) “alkierz”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna
  3. Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “alkierz”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
  4. Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), “alkierz”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN

Polish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish alkierz, from Old Czech alkeř, arkeř, from Middle High German arker, from Old French arquière, from Late Latin arcuarium.[1][2][3][4]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈal.kjɛʂ/
  • (Middle Polish) IPA(key): /ˈal.kjeʂ/, /ˈal.kjer̝/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -alkjɛʂ
  • Syllabification: al‧kierz

Noun

alkierz m inan (diminutive alkierzyk)

  1. (architecture) bower (covered room on the corner of a building) [from 15 c.][5]
    narożne alkierze ― corner bowers
  2. (architecture) bower (small sleeping room) [from 17th c.][6]
    drzwi alkierza ― bower door
    okno alkierza ― bower window
  3. (Middle Polish) fish pond [16th c.][7]

Declension
Declension of alkierz
singular plural
nominative alkierz alkierze
genitive alkierza alkierzy
dative alkierzowi alkierzom
accusative alkierz alkierze
instrumental alkierzem alkierzami
locative alkierzu alkierzach
vocative alkierzu alkierze

Derived terms
adjective

References
  1. Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “alkierz”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
  2. Brückner, Aleksander (1927) “alkierz”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna
  3. Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “alkierz”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
  4. Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), “alkierz”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN
  5. B. Sieradzka-Baziur, editor (2011–2015), “alkierz”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN
  6. Barbara Rykiel-Kempf (21.03.2019) “ALKIERZ”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]
  7. Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “ałkierz”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]

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