adelborst
Dutch
Etymology
Compound of adel + borst.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈaː.dəlˌbɔrst/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: adel‧borst
Noun
adelborst m (plural adelborsten, diminutive adelborstje n)
- midshipman
- (historical, obsolete) low-ranking officer in an army
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from German [Term?]. Compare Dutch adelborst. First attested in 1643.
Noun
adelborst m
- (Middle Polish, military) garrison commander
Declension
Attested forms of *adelborst
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | — | — |
| genitive | — | adelborstów |
| dative | — | — |
| accusative | — | — |
| instrumental | — | — |
| locative | — | — |
| vocative | — | — |
References
- Danuta Lankiewicz (16.04.2009), “ADELBORST”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]