mamer
Polish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From the name of the oldest Roman prison Mamertine Prison (Latin Carcer Mamertinus).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]mamer m inan
- (colloquial, Warsaw) jail, prison (place of long-term confinement for those convicted of serious crimes)
Declension
[edit]Declension of mamer
References
[edit]- ^ Adam Fałowski (2022) “mamer”, in Słownik etymologiczny polszczyzny potocznej, Warszawa: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN, →ISBN
Further reading
[edit]- mamer in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- mamer in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Silesian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From the name of the oldest Roman prison Mamertine Prison (Latin Carcer Mamertinus).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]mamer m inan
- (Cieszyn Silesia) jail, prison (place of long-term confinement for those convicted of serious crimes)
Further reading
[edit]- Jadwiga Wronicz, editor (2010), Słownik gwarowy Śląska Cieszyńskiego (in Silesian), Ustroń: Galeria „Na Gojach”, →ISBN
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- Polish 2-syllable words
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- Rhymes:Polish/amɛr
- Rhymes:Polish/amɛr/2 syllables
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- Polish nouns
- Polish masculine nouns
- Polish inanimate nouns
- Polish colloquialisms
- Warsaw Polish
- Urban Polish
- Polish terms derived from toponyms
- pl:Buildings
- pl:Prison
- Silesian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Silesian/amɛr
- Rhymes:Silesian/amɛr/2 syllables
- Silesian lemmas
- Silesian nouns
- Silesian masculine nouns
- Silesian inanimate nouns
- Cieszyn Silesian
- Silesian terms derived from toponyms
- szl:Buildings
- szl:Prison