altembas
Polish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Old Polish altambas. Compare Turkish altın (“gold”) and Turkish bez (“cloth”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /alˈtɛm.bas/
- Rhymes: -ɛmbas
- Syllabification: al‧tem‧bas
Noun
altembas m inan (related adjective altembasowy)
- (chiefly in the singular) kincob (silk fabric interspersed with gold threads)
- Synonym: złotogłów
- z altembasu ― (made) of kincob
Declension
Declension of altembas
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | altembas | altembasy |
| genitive | altembasu | altembasów |
| dative | altembasowi | altembasom |
| accusative | altembas | altembasy |
| instrumental | altembasem | altembasami |
| locative | altembasie | altembasach |
| vocative | altembasie | altembasy |
Further reading
- altembas in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “altembas”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
- Barbara Rykiel-Kempf (24.08.2022) “ALTEMBAS”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]
- Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “altembas”, in Słownik języka polskiego
- Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “altembas”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
- J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “altembas”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 27
- altembas in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego