Rzym

Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish Rzym, borrowed from Old Czech Řím, borrowed from Western South Slavic *Rimъ,[1] from early South Slavic *Rymъ, from early Romance, from Latin Rōma.[2] Further etymology unclear.

For similar religious borrowings, compare Żyd (“Jew”), krzyż (“cross”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʐɨm/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɨm
  • Syllabification: Rzym

Proper noun

Rzym m inan

  1. Rome (the capital city of Italy)
  2. the Roman Empire (an ancient empire)

Declension
Declension of Rzym
singular
nominative Rzym
genitive Rzymu
dative Rzymowi
accusative Rzym
instrumental Rzymem
locative Rzymie
vocative Rzymie

Derived terms
adjectives
nouns

References
  1. Stieber, Zdzisław (2005) Zarys gramatyki porównawczej języków słowiańskich (in Polish), Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN, →ISBN
  2. Šekli, Matej (2015), “Old Romance place names in early South Slavic and late Proto-Slavic sound changes”, in Linguistica (in English), volume 55(1), page 106

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