amfibium

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Danish[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Latin amphibium (neuter of amphibius), from Ancient Greek ἀμφίβιον (amphíbion), neuter of ἀμφίβιος (amphíbios), from ἀμφί (amphí, “both”) and βίος (bíos, “life”).

Noun[edit]

amfibium n (singular definite amfibiet, plural indefinite amfibier)

  1. amphibian (vertebrate)

Inflection[edit]

Declension of amfibium
neuter
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative amfibium amfibiet amfibier amfibierne
genitive amfibiums amfibiets amfibiers amfibiernes

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

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Noun[edit]

amfibium n (definite singular amfibiet, indefinite plural amfibier, definite plural amfibia or amfibiene)

  1. (zoology) an amphibian

Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

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Noun[edit]

amfibium n (definite singular amfibiet, indefinite plural amfibium, definite plural amfibia)

  1. (zoology) an amphibian

Polish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Internationalism; possibly borrowed from German Amphibie or French amphibien,[1] from Latin amphibius,[2] from Ancient Greek ἀμφίβιος (amphíbios).[3] First attested in 1755.[4]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /amˈfi.bjum/
  • Rhymes: -ibjum
  • Syllabification: am‧fi‧bium

Noun[edit]

amfibium n

  1. Obsolete form of amfibia (“amphibian”)

Declension[edit]

Declension of amfibium
singular plural
nominative amfibium amfibia
genitive amfibium amfibiów
dative amfibium amfibiom
accusative amfibium amfibia
instrumental amfibium amfibiami
locative amfibium amfibiach
vocative amfibium amfibia

References[edit]

  1. ^ Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “amfibium”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
  2. ^ Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “amfibium”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
  3. ^ Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), “amfibium”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN
  4. ^ Barbara Rykiel-Kempf (08.11.2022) “AMFIBIUM”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]

Further reading[edit]

  • amfibium in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego
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