protoplastka

Polish

Etymology

From protoplasta +‎ -ka.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /prɔ.tɔˈplast.ka/
• Rhymes: -astka
• Syllabification: pro‧to‧plast‧ka

Noun

protoplastka f (male equivalent protoplasta)

1. female equivalent of protoplasta (“protoplast; progenitrix, foremother, Eve”) (founder of a lineage)

   Synonym: (of the Biblical character) Ewa

   protoplastka rodu; rasy, poczty elektronicznej ― progenitrix of a family; race, electronic mail

   • 1854, Teodor Tripplin, Asmodeusz w Paryżu: wspomnienia lekarza Polaka [Asmodeus in Paris: memoirs of a Polish doctor]‎^[1], volume 3 of 4 (fiction; paperback), Warszawa: Orgelbrand, Samuel, published 1854, page 221, lines 7–8:

     Wówczas uproszono bawiącą w Trouville lady Stuart do przedstawienia swéj protoplastki.

     It was then that Lady Stuart, who was playing in Trouville, was asked to introduce her progenitrix.

   • 1876, Józef Szujski, Roztrząsania i opowiadania historyczne: (pisane w latach 1866–1870) [Dissertations and historical stories: (written between 1866–1870)]‎^[2] (non-fiction; paperback), Kraków: UJ, published 1876, page 315, lines 7–14:

     Mieszczanie ceniąc sobie te dobre z panami stósunki […] niejedna złotowłosa Gretchen mieszczańska rezyduje w starym dworcu pańskim[,] jako protoplastka rycerskich mężów XVI [16] i XVII [17] wieku, odprzysięgających się potém, […]!

     The townspeople, appreciating these good relations with their lords, […] [not?] many golden-haired burgher Gretchen reside in the old lord's court[,] as the foremother of the knightly husbands of the 16. and 17. centuries, swearing off afterwards, […]!

2. female equivalent of protoplasta (“protoplast; prototype”) (something from which a thing is derived)
3. female equivalent of protoplasta (“protoplast; ancestor, forerunner”) (in plants and animals: the original species from which other species are derived)

Declension

Declension of protoplastka

	singular	plural
nominative	protoplastka	protoplastki
genitive	protoplastki	protoplastek
dative	protoplastce	protoplastkom
accusative	protoplastkę	protoplastki
instrumental	protoplastką	protoplastkami
locative	protoplastce	protoplastkach
vocative	protoplastko	protoplastki

Further reading

• protoplastka in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• protoplastka in Polish dictionaries at PWN