sofizmat

Polish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Ancient Greek σοφός (sophós)

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō

Ancient Greek -ίζω (-ízō)

Ancient Greek σοφίζω (sophízō)

Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥

Ancient Greek -μα (-ma)

Ancient Greek σόφισμα (sóphisma)

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos

Proto-Italic *-ātos

Latin -ātusder.

Polish -at

Polish sofizmat

From Ancient Greek σόφισμα (sóphisma) + Polish -at.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɔˈfiz.mat/

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• Rhymes: -izmat
• Syllabification: so‧fiz‧mat

Noun

sofizmat m inan

1. (logic) sophism, sophistry (argument that seems plausible but is fallacious or misleading)

   Synonym: sofizm

   Coordinate term: paralogizm

Declension

Declension of sofizmat

	singular	plural
nominative	sofizmat	sofizmaty
genitive	sofizmatu	sofizmatów
dative	sofizmatowi	sofizmatom
accusative	sofizmat	sofizmaty
instrumental	sofizmatem	sofizmatami
locative	sofizmacie	sofizmatach
vocative	sofizmacie	sofizmaty

Related terms

adjective

• sofistyczny

adverb

• sofistycznie

nouns

• sofista
• sofistyka
• sofizm

Further reading

• “sofizmat”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[1] (in Polish)