pomnik

Borrowed from Upper Sorbian pomnik, from Czech pomník, from Polish pomnik.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔmnʲik/

pomnik m inan (diminutive pomnick, related adjective pomnikowy or pomnikojski)

1. (sculpture) monument (structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons)

   Synonyms: dopomnik, spomnik, monument

   pomnik póswěśiś ― to consecrate a monument

   pomnik wótekšyś ― to unveil a monument

• Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “pomnik”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
• Starosta, Manfred (1999) “pomnik”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

 

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From pomny +‎ -ik. Calque of Latin monumentum. Coined by Jacek Przybylski in 1788.^[1][2]

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔm.ɲik/

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• Rhymes: -ɔmɲik
• Syllabification: pom‧nik

pomnik m inan (diminutive pomniczek, related adjective pomnikowy)

1. (sculpture) monument; commemoration (structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons, or as a memorial)

   Synonym: monument

2. gravestone, tombstone (stone slab set at the head of a grave)

   Synonym: nagrobek

3. something or someone of great value in the achievements of some field of human activity (e.g., science, history, art) (Is there an English equivalent to this definition?)
4. something that reminds of something past or will in the future be a reminder of something now existing (Is there an English equivalent to this definition?)

• → Belarusian: по́мнік (pómnik)
• → Czech: pomník
  • → Slovak: pomník
  • → Upper Sorbian: pomnik
    • → Lower Sorbian: pomnik
• → Kashubian: pòmnik
• → Silesian: pōmnik
• → Vilamovian: pomnik

• pomnik in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• pomnik in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• pomnik in PWN's encyclopedia

Borrowed from Czech pomník, from Polish pomnik.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔmnik/
• Rhymes: -ɔmnik
• Hyphenation: pom‧nik
• Syllabification: pom‧nik

pomnik m inan (related adjective pomnikowy)

1. (sculpture) monument (structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons)

   Synonym: monument

• → Lower Sorbian: pomnik

• “pomnik” in Soblex
• Křesćan Pful, editor (1866), “pomnik”, in Łužiski serbski słownik / Lausitzisch Wendisches Wörterbuch‎^[1] (in German), Budyšin: Maćica Serbska, page 492

Borrowed from Polish pomnik.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔmnik/

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pomnik m

1. (sculpture) monument (structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons)