Zimbal

German

Alternative forms

Zymbal
Cimbal, Cymbal (obsolete)

Etymology

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Particularly: “if from Old Hungarian, it can't be from Polish (but at best be from Old Polish)”

From Old Hungarian cimbale, Polish cymbały, from Latin cymbalum. Doublet of Zimbel.

Pronunciation

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Noun

Zimbal n (strong, genitive Zimbals, plural Zimbale or Zimbals)

(music) cimbalom

Declension

Declension of Zimbal [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Zimbal	die	Zimbale, Zimbals
genitive	eines	des	Zimbals	der	Zimbale, Zimbals
dative	einem	dem	Zimbal	den	Zimbalen, Zimbals
accusative	ein	das	Zimbal	die	Zimbale, Zimbals