pach

See also: Pach

Cimbrian

Etymology

From Middle High German bach, from Old High German bah, from Proto-West Germanic *baki, from Proto-Germanic *bakiz (“brook, stream; beach, strand”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeg- (“bog, marsh, river”).

Noun

pach m (diminutive pèchle)

1. brook, stream, creek

References

• Umberto Patuzzi, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar, Luserna: Comitato unitario delle linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpax]

Noun

pach m inan

1. smell, scent, odor, odour (sensation, pleasant or unpleasant)

Declension

Declension of pach (velar masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	pach	pachy
genitive	pachu	pachů
dative	pachu	pachům
accusative	pach	pachy
vocative	pachu	pachy
locative	pachu	paších
instrumental	pachem	pachy

Related terms

• pachový
• páchnout
• zápach

See also

• vůně
• smrad
• puch

Further reading

• “pach”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “pach”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “pach”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026

Polish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈpax/

• (Greater Poland):
  • (Chełmno-Dobrzyń) IPA^(key): [ˈpax]

• Rhymes: -ax
• Syllabification: pach
• Homophone: Pach

Etymology 1

Onomatopoeic.

Interjection

pach

1. used to imitate the sound caused by explosion or clatter

Etymology 2

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *pik-der.

Proto-Italic *piks

Latin pixbor.

Proto-West Germanic *pik

Old High German pëh

Middle High German pëch

German Pechbor.

Polish pach

Borrowed from German Pech. Doublet of pech.

Noun

pach m inan

1. (Chełmno-Dobrzyń) shoemaker's tar

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

pach f

1. genitive plural of pacha

Further reading

• “pach”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “pach”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)
• Antoni Krasnowolski (1879), “pach”, in Album uczącéj się młodzieży polskiéj poświęcone Józefowi Ignacemu Kraszewskiemu z powodu jubileuszu jego pięćdziesięcioletniéj działalności literackiéj (in Polish), Lviv: Czytelni Akademickiéj Lwowskiéj; "Gaz. Narod." J. Dobrzańskiego i K. Gromana, Słowniczek prowincjalizmów zebranych w ziemi chełmińskiej i świeckiej, page 306

Slovak

Etymology

Back-formation from páchnuť.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pax/, [ˈpax]
• Rhymes: -ax

Noun

pach m inan

1. odor

   telesný pach ― body odor

Declension

Declension of pach
(pattern dub)

	singular	plural
nominative	pach	pachy
genitive	pachu	pachov
dative	pachu	pachom
accusative	pach	pachy
locative	pachu	pachoch
instrumental	pachom	pachmi

Further reading

• “pach”, 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, 2003–2026

Vilamovian

Pronunciation

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Noun

pach n

1. tar