Będzin

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Polish Będzin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɛnd͡ʒɪn/, /ˈbɛnd͡ʒiːn/, enPR: bĕnʹjĭn, bĕnʹjēn
  • Rhymes: -ɛnd͡ʒɪn
  • Hyphenation: Bę‧dzin

Proper noun

Będzin

  2. A city in southern Poland.
  4. A village in Gmina Lipiany district, Pyrzyce, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland.
  6. A village in Gmina Twardogóra district, Oleśnica, Lower Silesian, Poland.
  8. A lake in Pojezierze Myśliborskie district, Poland.

Translations

Polish

Etymology

An alternative form of Będzeń, itself a variation of the name *Będzan, influenced by the toponym forming affix -in.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɛɲ.d͡ʑin/
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  • Rhymes: -ɛɲd͡ʑin
  • Syllabification: Bę‧dzin

Proper noun

Będzin m inan (related adjective będziński, demonym będzinianin, female demonym będzinianka)

  1. Będzin (a city in southern Poland)
  2. Będzin (a village in Gmina Lipiany district, Pyrzyce, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland)
  3. Będzin (a village in Gmina Twardogóra district, Oleśnica, Lower Silesian, Poland)
  4. Będzin (a lake in Pojezierze Myśliborskie district, Poland)

Declension

Declension of Będzin
singular
nominative Będzin
genitive Będzina
dative Będzinowi
accusative Będzin
instrumental Będzinem
locative Będzinie
vocative Będzinie

References

  1. ^ Kazimierz Rymut, Urszula Bijak, Barbara Czopek-Kopciuch, editors (1996), “Będzin”, in Nazwy miejscowe Polski: historia, pochodzenie, zmiany (in Polish), volume 1, Kraków: Wydawnictwo Instytutu Języka Polskiego PAN, →ISBN, page 132

Further reading

  • Będzin in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • Będzin in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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