alkad

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish alcaide, from Arabic الْقَائِد (al-qāʔid). First attested in 1808.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈal.kat/
• Rhymes: -alkat
• Syllabification: al‧kad

Noun

alkad m pers

1. alcaide (governor or commander of a Spanish or Portuguese fortress or prison)

   alkad Limy ― the alcaide of Lima

Declension

Declension of alkad

	singular	plural
nominative	alkad	alkadzi/alkadowie
genitive	alkada	alkadów
dative	alkadowi	alkadom
accusative	alkada	alkadów
instrumental	alkadem	alkadami
locative	alkadzie	alkadach
vocative	alkadzie	alkadzi/alkadowie

Further reading

• alkad in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “alkad”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861

Swedish

Etymology

From alkoholiserad (“alcoholic”).

Adjective

alkad (comparative mer alkad, superlative mest alkad)

1. (colloquial) alcoholic

Declension

Inflection of alkad
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative2
Common singular	alkad	—	—
Neuter singular	alkat	—	—
Plural	alkade	—	—
Masculine plural3	alkade	—	—
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular1	alkade	—	—
All	alkade	—	—
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic

See also

• alkis