rydwan

Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish rydwan, rynwan. Per Bańkowski, from dialectal Middle High German rind(e)wagen.[1] Alternatively from German Reitwagen.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈrɨd.van/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɨdvan
  • Syllabification: ryd‧wan

Noun

rydwan m inan

  1. chariot (a two-wheeled horse-drawn vehicle, used in Bronze Age and Early Iron Age warfare)
    Hypernyms: pojazd, wóz
    Hyponyms: biga, kwadryga

Declension
Declension of rydwan
singular plural
nominative rydwan rydwany
genitive rydwanu rydwanów
dative rydwanowi rydwanom
accusative rydwan rydwany
instrumental rydwanem rydwanami
locative rydwanie rydwanach
vocative rydwanie rydwany

References
  1. Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “rydwan”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)

Further reading
  • rydwan in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • rydwan in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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