departamynt
Silesian
Etymology
Internationalism; possibly borrowed from German Departement or Polish departament, ultimately from French département.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dɛ.parˈta.mɪnt/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -amɪnt
- Syllabification: de‧par‧ta‧mynt
Noun
departamynt m inan
- department (organizational unit of a ministry or other central institution)
- (government) department (ministry in the USA and Canada)
- (administration) department (unit of administrative division in some countries)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | departamynt | departamynta |
| genitive | departamyntu | departamyntōw |
| dative | departamyntowi | departamyntōm |
| accusative | departamynt | departamynta |
| instrumental | departamyntym | departamyntami/departamyntōma |
| locative | departamyncie | departamyntach |
| vocative | departamyncie | departamynty |
Further reading
- departamynt in silling.org
- Aleksandra Wencel (2023) “departamynt”, in Dykcjůnôrz ślų̊sko-polski, page 160