kruchta

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from German Kruft, from Latin crypta, from Ancient Greek κρυπτή (kruptḗ), female form of the adjective κρυπτός (kruptós). Doublet of krypta (“crypt”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkruxta]

Noun

kruchta f

1. choir (raised area in a church for the organ, singers and musicians)
2. (Common Czech, dated) stage (for musicians) in an inn

Declension

Declension of kruchta (hard feminine mixed-reducible)

	singular	plural
nominative	kruchta	kruchty
genitive	kruchty	kruchet, krucht
dative	kruchtě	kruchtám
accusative	kruchtu	kruchty
vocative	kruchto	kruchty
locative	kruchtě	kruchtách
instrumental	kruchtou	kruchtami

Further reading

• kruchta in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• kruchta in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
• kruchta in Internetová jazyková příručka

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Czech kruchta, from German Kruft, from Latin crypta, from Ancient Greek κρυπτή (kruptḗ), female form of the adjective κρυπτός (kruptós). Doublet of krypta (“crypt”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkrux.ta/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -uxta
• Syllabification: kruch‧ta

Noun

kruchta f

1. (architecture) church porch

   Synonym: (archaic) babiniec

2. (derogatory) orthodoxy, conformity to established and accepted religious (particularly Catholic) beliefs
3. (derogatory) people who conform to Catholic orthodoxy

Declension

Declension of kruchta

	singular	plural
nominative	kruchta	kruchty
genitive	kruchty	krucht
dative	kruchcie	kruchtom
accusative	kruchtę	kruchty
instrumental	kruchtą	kruchtami
locative	kruchcie	kruchtach
vocative	kruchto	kruchty

Derived terms

adjectives

• kruchciany
• kruchtowy

 

Further reading

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