adamaszek

Ultimately from Ancient Greek Δαμασκός (Damaskós), with an uncertain initial a-. Bańkowski hypothesizes it to have been derived from the phrase ἐκ Δαμασκοῦ (ek Damaskoû, “from Damascus”),[1] Brückner ties it to Arabic الدِّمَشْقِيّ‎ (ad-dimašqiyy).[2] First attested in the 15th century.

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

adamaszek m

1. damask (an ornate silk fabric originating from Damascus)

• Polish: adamaszek

• B. Sieradzka-Baziur, editor (2011–2015), “adamaszek”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

• jadamaszek (Middle Polish)

Inherited from Old Polish adamaszek. Related to Damaszek (“Damascus”), thus ultimately from Ancient Greek Δαμασκός (Damaskós), though the exact origin of the initial a- is unclear; while Bańkowski hypothesizes it to have been derived from the phrase ἐκ Δαμασκοῦ (ek Damaskoû, “from Damascus”),[1] Brückner ties it to Arabic الدِّمَشْقِيّ‎ (ad-dimašqiyy).[2]

• IPA^(key): /a.daˈma.ʂɛk/
• (Middle Polish) IPA^(key): /a.daˈma.ʂɛk/

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• Rhymes: -aʂɛk
• Syllabification: a‧da‧ma‧szek

adamaszek m inan

1. damask (an ornate silk fabric originating from Damascus)

   obity adamaszkiem ― upholstered in/with damask

   wzorzysty adamaszek ― patterned damask

   jedwabny adamaszek ― silken damask

   lniany adamaszek ― flaxen damask

   czerwony adamaszek ― red damask

   biały adamaszek ― white damask

   biel adamaszku ― the white(ness) of damask

• adamaszek in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• adamaszek in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• “adamaszek”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish], 2010-2023
• Barbara Rykiel-Kempf (11.05.2016), “ADAMASZEK”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]
• Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814), “adamaszek”, in Słownik języka polskiego
• Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861), “adamaszek”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
• J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “adamaszek”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 6