wotum

Polish

Alternative forms

• votum

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁wegʷʰ-

Proto-Indo-European *-yeti

Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti

Proto-Indo-European *h₁wogʷʰéyeti

Proto-Italic *woɣʷeō

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Italic *-tos

Proto-Italic *woɣʷetos

Proto-Italic *wowitos

Latin vōtus

Latin vōtumlbor.

Polish wotum

Learned borrowing from Latin vōtum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɔ.tum/

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• Rhymes: -ɔtum
• Syllabification: wo‧tum

Noun

wotum n

1. (religion) votive offering

   Synonym: dar wotywny

2. (archaic) vow, oath
3. (mostly in set phrases) motion, vote

   wotum zaufania ― vote of confidence

   wotum nieufności ― vote of no confidence

Declension

Declension of wotum

	singular	plural
nominative	wotum	wota
genitive	wotum	wotów
dative	wotum	wotom
accusative	wotum	wota
instrumental	wotum	wotami
locative	wotum	wotach
vocative	wotum	wota

Further reading

• “wotum”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “wotum”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)