koszara

See also: Koszara, koszarą, and Koszarą

Polish

koszara sense 1

koszary sense 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔˈʂa.ra/
• Rhymes: -ara
• Syllabification: ko‧sza‧ra
• Homophone: Koszara

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Polish koszara, from a Romance language (cf. Romanian coșar / coșara / cașare), from Old Church Slavonic кошара (košara), from Proto-Slavic *košàra. Compare Czech košár and Ukrainian коша́ра (košára).

The meaning of “barracks” was transferred from kasarnia as a result of contamination due to phonetic and semantic similarities (“a closed, fenced area; a building where someone lives”).

Noun

koszara f (related adjective koszarowy or koszarniany or koszarny)

2. (regional or dialectal, Middle Polish) sheepfold, pen (portable enclosure in the Western Carpathians, built of detachable bays)

   Hypernym: zagroda

   Alternative forms: (dialectal) kasiary, koszar

4. (in the plural, military) barrack, barracks (building or a group of buildings used by military personnel as housing)

   Synonym: kasarnia

5. (in the plural) barrack, barracks (building or a group of buildings located on the territory of some workplace and intended for the needs of its employees)

Declension

Declension of koszara

	singular	plural
nominative	koszara	koszary
genitive	koszary	koszar
dative	koszarze	koszarom
accusative	koszarę	koszary
instrumental	koszarą	koszarami
locative	koszarze	koszarach
vocative	koszaro	koszary

Derived terms

nouns

• koszarniak

 

verbs

• koszarować impf
• koszarzyć impf
• skoszarować pf
• skoszarzyć pf

 

Related terms

adverbs

• koszarowo

 

nouns

• koszar

 

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

koszara m inan

1. genitive singular of koszar

Further reading

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