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ambaras

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Polish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French embarras (“barrier, obstacle”) from barre (“beam”).[1][2][3][4] First attested in 1754–1770.[5]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /amˈba.ras/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -aras
  • Syllabification: am‧ba‧ras

Noun

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ambaras m inan

  1. (literary) perplexity, obstacle, impediment (situation that is hard to overcome)
    Synonyms: bieda, gips, kanał, kłopot, kram, pasztet, pierepałka, problem, (dialectal) termedyja, zgryz
    cały ambaras ― to whole impediment
    niezły ambaras ― a decent impediment
    wielki ambaras ― a big impediment
    nie lada ambaras ― not just any impediment
    narobić ambarasu ― to stir up an impediment

Declension

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Declension of ambaras
singular plural
nominative ambaras ambarasy
genitive ambarasu ambarasów
dative ambarasowi ambarasom
accusative ambaras ambarasy
instrumental ambarasem ambarasami
locative ambarasie ambarasach
vocative ambarasie ambarasy

Derived terms

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adjective
noun
verbs

References

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  1. ^ Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “ambaras”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
  2. ^ Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “ambaras”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
  3. ^ Brückner, Aleksander (1927) “ambaras”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna
  4. ^ Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), “ambaras”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN
  5. ^ Krystyna Siekierska (10.01.2019) “AMBARAS”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]

Further reading

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