zámek
See also: zamek
Czech
Etymology
- (lock): From zamknout, which consists of the prefix za- and the base mknout[1][2] (compare also odemknout, semknout, přimknout, vymknout), which comes from Proto-Slavic *mъk- (“quick movement”) (compare Polish mknąć), which is from Proto-Indo-European *smeuk-, *meuk- (“to make a quick movement, to slide”).[3]
- (manor house): Semantic loan from Middle High German sloz (“lock, keep”) (influenced by German Schloss, which also means both "lock" and "manor house"[4]), itself a semantic loan of Latin clūsa (“lock, fort, fortification”).
Pronunciation
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Noun
zámek m
- lock (thing used for fastening)
- château, castle (French-style castle), palace, manor house
Declension
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | zámek | zámky |
| genitive | zámku | zámků |
| dative | zámku | zámkům |
| accusative | zámek | zámky |
| vocative | zámku | zámky |
| locative | zámku | zámcích |
| instrumental | zámkem | zámky |
Derived terms
- zámečník
- zámečnictví n
- zámecký
- zámkový
Related terms
See also
References
- ↑ "zámek1" in Jiří Rejzek, Český etymologický slovník, Leda, 2015, →ISBN, page 801.
- ↑ "-mknout" in Jiří Rejzek, Český etymologický slovník, Leda, 2015, →ISBN, page 421.
- ↑ "mykat" in Jiří Rejzek, Český etymologický slovník, Leda, 2015, →ISBN, page 438.
- ↑ "zámek2" in Jiří Rejzek, Český etymologický slovník, Leda, 2015, →ISBN, page 801.
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