archa

See also: -archa and archą

Czech

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin arca.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈarxa]

Noun

archa f

1. ark (the ship built by Noah)

Declension

Declension of archa (hard feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	archa	archy
genitive	archy	arch
dative	arše	archám
accusative	archu	archy
vocative	archo	archy
locative	arše	archách
instrumental	archou	archami

Further reading

• “archa”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “archa”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Latin

Etymology

Medieval respelling.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈar.ka]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈar.ka]

Noun

archa f (genitive archae); first declension

1. (Medieval Latin) alternative spelling of arca

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	archa	archae
genitive	archae	archārum
dative	archae	archīs
accusative	archam	archās
ablative	archā	archīs
vocative	archa	archae

Old Polish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂erk-der.

Latin arcalbor.

Old Polish archa

Learned borrowing from Latin arca. First attested in the 15th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (10^th–15^th CE) /arxa/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /arxa/

Noun

archa f

1. (religion) arch (chest, box, coffer, safe)
   • 1930 [c. 1455], “II Par”, in Ludwik Bernacki, editor, Biblia królowej Zofii (Biblia szaroszpatacka)‎^{transliteration, transcription}, 8, 11:

     Archa bosza bila wiszla do nyego (ingressa est in eam arca domini)

     [Archa boża była wyszła do niego (ingressa est in eam arca domini)]

Descendants

• Polish: arka
• Silesian: arka

References

• B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “(arka) archa”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

Polish

Pronunciation

• (Middle Polish) IPA^(key): /ˈar.xa/

Noun

archa m animacy unattested

1. Middle Polish form of arka

Declension

Attested forms of archa

	singular	plural
nominative	archa	—
genitive	archy	—
dative	—	—
accusative	archę	—
instrumental	archą	—
locative	arsze	—
vocative	arko	—

Shuar

Noun

archa

1. harpoon

References

• Chicham: Dictionario Enciclopédico Shuar-Castellano

Slovak

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle High German archa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /arxa/, [ˈarxa]
• Rhymes: -arxa
• Hyphenation: ar‧cha

Noun

archa f

1. Ark (the ship built by Noah)
2. in the expression archa zmluvy: Ark of the Covenant
3. ark (a gothic winged altar)

Declension

Declension of archa
(pattern žena)

	singular	plural
nominative	archa	archy
genitive	archy	árch
dative	arche	archám
accusative	archu	archy
locative	arche	archách
instrumental	archou	archami

Further reading

• “archa”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026

Slovincian

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂erk-der.

Latin arcabor.

Proto-Germanic *arkō

Old High German arka

Middle High German arche

German Archebor.

Slovincian archa

Borrowed from German Arche.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈar.xa/
• Rhymes: -arxa
• Syllabification: ar‧cha

Noun

archa f

1. (religion) ark (Noah’s ship)

Further reading

• Lorentz, Friedrich (1908), “ãrχă”, in Slovinzisches Wörterbuch‎^[2] (in German), volume 1, Saint Petersburg: ОРЯС ИАН, page 6

Uzbek

Other scripts

Arabic	Afghan Uzbek
	Yangi Imlo
Cyrillic		арча‍
Latin		‍

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *artuč (“juniper”)

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ar‧cha

Noun

archa (plural archalar)

1. juniper

Declension

Declension of archa

	singular	plural
nominative	archa	archalar
genitive	archaning	archalarning
dative	archaga	archalarga
definite accusative	archani	archalarni
locative	archada	archalarda
ablative	archadan	archalardan
similative	archadek	archalardek

Possessive forms of archa

1st person singular
	singular	plural
nominative	archam	archalarim
genitive	archamning	archalarimning
dative	archamga	archalarimga
definite accusative	archamni	archalarimni
locative	archamda	archalarimda
ablative	archamdan	archalarimdan
similative	archamdek	archalarimdek
2nd person singular
	singular	plural
nominative	archang	archalaring
genitive	archangning	archalaringning
dative	archangga	archalaringga
definite accusative	archangni	archalaringni
locative	archangda	archalaringda
ablative	archangdan	archalaringdan
similative	archangdek	archalaringdek
3rd person singular
	singular	plural
nominative	archasi	archalari
genitive	archasining	archalarining
dative	archasiga	archalariga
definite accusative	archasini	archalarini
locative	archasida	archalarida
ablative	archasidan	archalaridan
similative	archasidek	archalaridek
1st person plural
	singular	plural
nominative	archamiz	archalarimiz
genitive	archamizning	archalarimizning
dative	archamizga	archalarimizga
definite accusative	archamizni	archalarimizni
locative	archamizda	archalarimizda
ablative	archamizdan	archalarimizdan
similative	archamizdek	archalarimizdek
2nd person plural
	singular	plural
nominative	archangiz	archalaringiz
genitive	archangizning	archalaringizning
dative	archangizga	archalaringizga
definite accusative	archangizni	archalaringizni
locative	archangizda	archalaringizda
ablative	archangizdan	archalaringizdan
similative	archangizdek	archalaringizdek
3rd person plural
	singular	plural
nominative	archasi	archalari
genitive	archasining	archalarining
dative	archasiga	archalariga
definite accusative	archasini	archalarini
locative	archasida	archalarida
ablative	archasidan	archalaridan
similative	archasidek	archalaridek

Further reading

• “archa“ in izoh.uz