fornal

See also: Fornal and fornál

Catalan

Etymology

Either from an earlier *fornau, from Latin fornax (“furnace”), or from Vulgar Latin *furnale, from furnus (“oven”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [furˈnal]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [forˈnal]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [foɾˈnal]

Noun

fornal m (plural fornals)

1. forge, hearth

   Synonyms: farga, forja

Further reading

• “fornal” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Polish

Alternative forms

• fornál (Przemyśl)
• furnál (Lasovia)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish fornal, further etymology uncertain. Per Brückner, from German Vornagel, favored by Sławski, rejected by Bańkowski, who instead derives it from hypothetical German *vorn-eil-er.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɔr.nal/

• (Lesser Poland):
  • (Kielce) IPA^(key): /ˈfɔr.nal/

• Rhymes: -ɔrnal
• Syllabification: for‧nal
• Homophone: Fornal

Noun

fornal m pers

1. (agriculture, historical) farmhand tending the horses

   Synonym: rataj

   Hypernyms: najmita, rolnik

2. (Kielce) Synonym of woźnica

Declension

Declension of fornal

	singular	plural
nominative	fornal	fornale
genitive	fornala	fornali/fornalów
dative	fornalowi	fornalom
accusative	fornala	fornali/fornalów
instrumental	fornalem	fornalami
locative	fornalu	fornalach
vocative	fornalu	fornale

Noun

fornal m inan

1. drawbar hitch

   Hypernyms: hak, zaczep

Declension

Declension of fornal

	singular	plural
nominative	fornal	fornale
genitive	fornalu	fornali
dative	fornalowi	fornalom
accusative	fornal	fornale
instrumental	fornalem	fornalami
locative	fornalu	fornalach
vocative	fornalu	fornale

Derived terms

adjective

• fornalski

noun

• fornalka

Further reading

• fornal in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• fornal in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Jan Łoś (1886) “fornal”, in “Gwara opoczyńska. Studium dialektologiczne”, in Rozprawy i Sprawozdania z Posiedzeń Wydziału Filologicznego Akademii Umiejętności (1), volume 11, page 183