# archa
## Czech
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin arca.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈarxa]

### Noun

archa f
* ark (the ship built by Noah)

#### Declension
### References

* ↑ Machek, Václav (1968) “archa”, in Etymologický slovník jazyka českého [Etymological Dictionary of the Czech Language], 2nd edition, Prague: Academia, page 38

### Further reading

* “archa”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “archa”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

## Latin
### Etymology

Medieval respelling.

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈar.ka/, [ˈärkä]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈar.ka/, [ˈärkä]

### Noun

archa f (genitive archae); first declension
* (Medieval Latin) Alternative spelling of arca

#### Declension

First-declension noun.

## Old Polish
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin arca. First attested in the 15th century.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (10th–15th CE) /arxa/
* IPA: (15th CE) /arxa/

### Noun

archa f
* (religion) arch (chest, box, coffer, safe)
** 1930 [c. 1455], “II Par”, in Ludwik Bernacki, editor, Biblia królowej Zofii (Biblia szaroszpatacka)‎, 8, 11:Archa bosza bila wiszla do nyego (ingressa est in eam arca domini)[Archa boża była wyszła do niego (ingressa est in eam arca domini)]

#### Descendants

* Polish: arka
* Silesian: arka

### References

* ↑ Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “arka”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
* ↑ Stanisław Dubisz, editor (2003), “arka”, in Uniwersalny słownik języka polskiego [Universal dictionary of the Polish language]‎ (in Polish), volumes 1-4, Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN SA, →ISBN
* ↑ Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), “arka”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN
* ↑ Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “archa”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
   * B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “(arka) archa”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* (Middle Polish) IPA: /ˈar.xa/

### Noun

archa m animacy unattested
* Middle Polish form of arka

#### Declension
## Shuar
### Noun

archa
* harpoon

### References

* Chicham: Dictionario Enciclopédico Shuar-Castellano

## Slovak
### Etymology

Borrowed from Middle High German archa.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈarxa]

### Noun

archa f
* Ark (the ship built by Noah)
* in the expression archa zmluvy: Ark of the Covenant
* ark (a gothic winged altar)

#### Declension
### References

* ↑ Králik, Ľubor (2016) “archa”, in Stručný etymologický slovník slovenčiny [Concise Etymological Dictionary of Slovak] (in Slovak), Bratislava: VEDA; JÚĽŠ SAV, →ISBN, page 50

### Further reading

* “archa”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024

## Slovincian
### Etymology

Borrowed from German Arche.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈar.xa/
* Rhymes: -arxa
* Syllabification: ar‧cha

### Noun

archa f
* (religion) ark (Noah’s ship)

### Further reading

* Lorentz, Friedrich (1908) “ãrχă”, in Slovinzisches Wörterbuch‎ (in German), volume 1, Saint Petersburg: ОРЯС ИАН, page 6