oktawa
See also: oktawą
Polish
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin octāva (octāvus).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɔkˈta.va/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ava
- Syllabification: ok‧ta‧wa
Noun
oktawa f
- period of eight days
- eighth day of such a period
- (music) octave (interval of eight notes)
- (poetry) octave (poetic stanza consisting of eight lines)
- (library science) octal book format
- (historical) culverin variant between the 15th and 17th centuries
Declension
Declension of oktawa
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | oktawa | oktawy |
| genitive | oktawy | oktaw |
| dative | oktawie | oktawom |
| accusative | oktawę | oktawy |
| instrumental | oktawą | oktawami |
| locative | oktawie | oktawach |
| vocative | oktawo | oktawy |
References
- Mirosław Bańko; Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
Further reading
- oktawa in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- oktawa in Polish dictionaries at PWN