mumia

See also: mumią, múmia, múmía, and mümia

Latin

Etymology

From Arabic مُومِيَاء (mūmiyāʔ), from Classical Persian مومیا (mōmiyā, mūmiyā), from موم (mōm, mūm, “wax”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈmuː.mi.a/, [ˈmuːmiä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈmu.mi.a/, [ˈmuːmiä]

Noun

mūmia f (genitive mūmiae); first declension

1. (Medieval Latin) mummy (embalmed corpse)

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	mūmia	mūmiae
genitive	mūmiae	mūmiārum
dative	mūmiae	mūmiīs
accusative	mūmiam	mūmiās
ablative	mūmiā	mūmiīs
vocative	mūmia	mūmiae

References

• mumia in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin mummia, mumia, from Arabic مُومِيَاء (mūmiyāʔ), from Classical Persian مومیا (mōmiyā, mūmiyā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmu.mja/

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• Rhymes: -umja
• Syllabification: mu‧mia

Noun

mumia f

1. mummy (embalmed corpse)
2. (colloquial) scrag (thin or scrawny person or animal)

Declension

Declension of mumia

	singular	plural
nominative	mumia	mumie
genitive	mumii	mumii/mumij (archaic)
dative	mumii	mumiom
accusative	mumię	mumie
instrumental	mumią	mumiami
locative	mumii	mumiach
vocative	mumio	mumie

Derived terms

adjective

• mumijny

 

verbs

• mumifikować
• zmumifikować

 

Related terms

adjective

• zmumifikowany

 

nouns

• mumifikacja
• mumifikator

 

Further reading

• mumia in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• mumia in Polish dictionaries at PWN