rynk

Czech

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle High German rinc (“a town square”), originally “a ring”.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈrɪŋk]
  • Rhymes: -ɪŋk
  • Homophone: ring

Noun

rynk m inan

  1. (dated) square, an open space in a town [from 14th c.]
    Synonym: náměstí
    • 1877, Jakub Malý, “Heidelius”, in Vlastenský slovník historický‎, Praha: Rohlíček & Sievers, pages 163–165:
      Tu stavové sebravše se v několika stech koních jeli jsou v noci na rynk Staroměstský, a radnici se všech stran obstavivše do vnitř vrazili.
      In that moment the noblemen, having gathered on several hundred horses, went to the Old Town Square, and having surrounded the town hall they stormed inside.

Declension
Declension of rynk (velar masculine inanimate)
singular plural
nominative rynk rynky
genitive rynku rynků
dative rynku rynkům
accusative rynk rynky
vocative rynku rynky
locative rynku ryncích
instrumental rynkem rynky

Derived terms

References
  1. Rejzek, Jiří (2015) “ryn(e)k”, in Český etymologický slovník [Czech Etymological Dictionary] (in Czech), 3rd (revised and expanded) edition, Praha: LEDA, →ISBN, page 608

Further reading
  • rynk in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • rynk in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
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