retman

Polish

Alternative forms

• rotman (less common)

Etymology

Borrowed from German Rottmann.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɛt.man/

• (Middle Polish) IPA^(key): /ˈrɛt.mɒn/

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• Rhymes: -ɛtman
• Syllabification: ret‧man

Noun

retman m pers (related adjective retmański)

1. (historical) senior raftsman

   Hypernym: flisak

Declension

Declension of retman

	singular	plural
nominative	retman	retmani/retmany (deprecative)
genitive	retmana	retmanów
dative	retmanowi	retmanom
accusative	retmana	retmanów
instrumental	retmanem	retmanami
locative	retmanie	retmanach
vocative	retmanie	retmani

Derived terms

(nouns):

• retmaniak
• retmanka
• retmańczyk
• retmaństwo

(verbs):

• retmanić impf

Further reading

• retman in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• retman in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• retman in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego
• Brückner, Aleksander (1927) “rota”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna