rynek

Czech

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle High German rinc (town square), originally ring,[1] from Old High German ring, from Proto-Germanic *hringaz. Doublet of ring (boxing ring).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈrɪnɛk]
  • Rhymes: -ɪnɛk
  • Hyphenation: ry‧nek

Noun

rynek m inan

  1. (dated) square, an open space in a town [from 14th c.]
    Synonym: náměstí
    • 1877, Jakub Malý, “Kopidlno”, in Vlastenský slovník historický, Praha: Rohlíček & Sievers, page 371–372:
      Roku 1506 v sobotu po sv. Václavě sťat jest na rynku Starého města Pražského mladý 24letý zeman Jan Kopidlanský, jenžto zabil jiného zemana Cukra z Tamfeldu.
      In 1506, on Saturday after the Saint Wenceslas day, young yeoman Jan Kopidlanský, who had killed another yeoman Cukr of Tamfeld, was executed on the square of the Old Town of Prague.

Declension

Derived terms

References

  1. "ryn(e)k" in Jiří Rejzek, Český etymologický slovník, Leda, 2015, →ISBN, page 608.

Further reading

  • rynek in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu
  • rynek in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • rynek in Internetová jazyková příručka

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle High German rinc, from Old High German ring, from Proto-West Germanic *hring. Doublet of ring (boxing ring).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈrɨ.nɛk/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɨnɛk
  • Syllabification: ry‧nek

Noun

rynek m inan (diminutive ryneczek)

  1. (trading) market, marketplace (open area in a town housing a public market)
    Synonyms: targ, targowisko
  2. (trading) market (formally organized system of trading in specified goods or effects)

Declension

Derived terms

adjective

Descendants

  • Belarusian: ры́нак (rýnak)
  • Russian: ры́нок (rýnok)
  • Ukrainian: ри́нок (rýnok)

Further reading

  • rynek in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • rynek in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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