arca

See also:Arca,ARCA,and-arca

Balinese

Romanization

arca

1. Romanization ofᬅᬃᬘᬵ.

Catalan

Etymology

InheritedfromLatinarca.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):(Central,Balearic)[ˈar.kə]
• IPA^(key):(Valencia)[ˈaɾ.ka]

Noun

arcaf(pluralarques)

1. chest,coffer
2. ark(boat)

Derived terms

• Arca de l'Aliança
• arca de Noè
• arquejar
• arquibanc

Related terms

• arcà
• arquilla
• arquimesa

See also

• bagul,cofre

Further reading

• “arca”inDiccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició,Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Galician

Pedra da Arcadolmen, Vimianzo, Galicia

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈaɾka/[ˈaɾ.kɐ]
• Rhymes:-aɾka
• Hyphenation:ar‧ca

Etymology 1

Noun

arcaf(pluralarcas)

1. (nautical,dated)starboard

   Synonym:estribor

   Antonyms:couso,babor

Etymology 2

FromOld Galician-Portuguesearca,archa,arqua,fromLatinarca.

Noun

arcaf(pluralarcas)

1. ark;chest;coffer

   Synonym:hucha

2. box;casket

   Synonym:couselo

3. (historical,architecture)brattice(of a castle)
4. dolmen,megalith

   Synonyms:anta,forno

5. thoracic cavity

   Synonym:cavidade torácica

Derived terms

• Arca
• Arca Cavada
• Arcapedriña
• arcada
• Arcas
• arqueta
• Pena de Arca
• Viladarcas

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández,editor (2006–2013), “arca”,inDicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega[Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández,Ernesto Xosé González Seoane,María Álvarez de la Granja,editors (2003–2018), “arca”,inTesouro informatizado da lingua galega(in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco,editor (2014–2024), “arca”,inTesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués(in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega,→ISSN

Hungarian

Etymology

arc(“face”)+‎-a(“his/her/its”,possessive suffix)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):[ˈɒrt͡sɒ]
• Hyphenation:ar‧ca

Noun

arca

1. third-personsingularsingle-possessionpossessiveofarc

   Felderült azarca.―His/her facebrightened.

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	arca	—
accusative	arcát	—
dative	arcának	—
instrumental	arcával	—
causal-final	arcáért	—
translative	arcává	—
terminative	arcáig	—
essive-formal	arcaként	—
essive-modal	arcául	—
inessive	arcában	—
superessive	arcán	—
adessive	arcánál	—
illative	arcába	—
sublative	arcára	—
allative	arcához	—
elative	arcából	—
delative	arcáról	—
ablative	arcától	—
non-attributive possessive - singular	arcáé	—
non-attributive possessive - plural	arcáéi	—

Derived terms

• arca verítékével

Indonesian

Etymology

FromMalayarca,fromSanskritअर्चा(arcā,“worship,idol”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):[ˈart͡ʃa]
• Hyphenation:ar‧ca

Noun

arca

1. idol,a graven image or representation of anything that is revered, or believed to convey spiritual power.

Further reading

• “arca”inKamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia,Jakarta:Agency for Language Development and Cultivation–Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia,2016.

Italian

Etymology

FromLatinarca.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈar.ka/
• Rhymes:-arka
• Hyphenation:àr‧ca

Noun

arcaf(pluralarche)

1. ark(casket or tomb)

Derived terms

• arca di Noè(“Noah's ark”)
• arcaro

Anagrams

• arac,cara

Latin

Alternative forms

• archa(Medieval Latin,common)

Etymology

(Thisetymologyis missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

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

Noun

arcaf(genitivearcae);first declension

1. chest,box,coffer,safe(safe place for storing items, or anything of a similar shape)
2. coffin(box for the dead)
3. ark(kind of ship)
   1. (Ecclesiastical Latin)Noah's Ark
4. (Judaism)Ark of the Covenant

Declension

First-declensionnoun.

	singular	plural
nominative	arca	arcae
genitive	arcae	arcārum
dative	arcae	arcīs
accusative	arcam	arcās
ablative	arcā	arcīs
vocative	arca	arcae

Derived terms

• arcārius
• arcella
• arcula

Related terms

• arcānō
• arcānus
• arceō

Descendants

• Catalan:arca
• Italian:arca
• Old Galician-Portuguese:arca,archa
  • Galician:arca
  • Portuguese:arca
• Old Spanish:arca,archa
  • Spanish:arca
• →Albanian:arkë
• →Czech:archa
• →Proto-Germanic:*arkō(see there for further descendants)
• →Latvian:arka
• →Lithuanian:arka
• →Macedonian:арка(arka)
• →Maltese:arka
• →Norman:arche
• →Old English:ærc
  • English:ark
• →Old French:arche
  • French:arche
  • Norman:arche
  • →Middle English:arch,arche
    • English:arch
• →Old Irish:árc,áirc
  • Irish:áirc
  • Scottish Gaelic:àirc
• →Old Polish:archa(learned)(see there for further descendants)
• →Romanian:arca
• →Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic script:арка

  Latin script:arka

• →Slovak:archa
• →Welsh:arch
• →Cornish:argh
• →Breton:arc'h

References

• “arca”,inCharlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879)A Latin Dictionary,Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “arca”,inCharlton T. Lewis (1891)An Elementary Latin Dictionary,New York: Harper & Brothers
• arcain Charles du Fresne du Cange’sGlossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis(augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• arcainGaffiot, Félix (1934)Dictionnaire illustré latin-français,Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894)Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1],London:Macmillan and Co.
  • to isolate a witness:aliquem a ceteris separare et in arcam conicere ne quis cum eo colloqui possit(Mil. 22. 60)
    
• “arca”,inHarry Thurston Peck, editor (1898),Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities,New York: Harper & Brothers
• “arca”,inWilliam Smith, editor (1854, 1857),A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography,volume1 & 2,London: Walton and Maberly
• “arca”,inWilliam Smith et al., editor (1890),A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities,London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Malay

Etymology

FromSanskritअर्चा(arcā,“worship,idol”).

Pronunciation

• (Johor-Selangor)IPA^(key):/ˈart͡ʃə/
• (Riau-Lingga)IPA^(key):/ˈart͡ʃa/
• Rhymes:-t͡ʃə,-ə

Noun

arca(Jawi spellingارچا,pluralarca-arca,informal 1st possessivearcaku,2nd possessivearcamu,3rd possessivearcanya)

1. (uncommon,dated,archaic)sculpture,idol

   Synonym:(more common)patung

2. a shadow that can be seen in the mirror, through a camera lens or when dreaming
3. (computing)icon

Usage notes

For sense 1, "arca" refers to statues built from pre-Islamic times, especially idols and statues of kings.

Further reading

• “arca”inPusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre,Kuala Lumpur:Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka,2017.

Old Javanese

Etymology

BorrowedfromSanskritअर्चा(arcā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ar.t͡ʃa/
• Rhymes:-t͡ʃa
• Hyphenation:ar‧ca

Noun

arca

1. image,cult-statue

Derived terms

• ekārca
• jinārca
• liṅgārca
• Wiṣṇuarca

Descendants

• Javanese:ꦉꦕ(reca,“statue”)
• →Balinese:ᬅᬃᬘᬵ(arca,“statue”)

Further reading

• "arca" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson,Old Javanese-English Dictionary.'s-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• archa(obsolete)

Pronunciation

• (Brazil)IPA^(key):/ˈaʁ.kɐ/[ˈah.kɐ]

• (Brazil)IPA^(key):/ˈaʁ.kɐ/[ˈah.kɐ]
  • (São Paulo)IPA^(key):/ˈaɾ.kɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro)IPA^(key):/ˈaʁ.kɐ/[ˈaχ.kɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil)IPA^(key):/ˈaɻ.ka/

• (Portugal)IPA^(key):/ˈaɾ.kɐ/

• Rhymes:-aɾkɐ
• Hyphenation:ar‧ca

Etymology 1

InheritedfromOld Galician-Portuguesearca,archa,borrowed fromLatinarca.First attested in 1109.

Noun

arcaf(pluralarcas)

1. ark
   • 1996,Fernando Pessoa,Mensagem: poemas esotéricos: edição crítica,Editorial Universidad de Costa Rica,→ISBN:

     ... certo tipo de «divisões» que lhe permitissem a arrumação dos seus papéis «na devida ordem», de modo a substituir a sua «caixa grande» (a famosa e míticaarca?

     ... a certain type of «divisions» that would allow him to arrange his papers «in due order», in order to replace his «big box» (the famous and mythicalark?)...)...

2. (biblical)ark(ship built by Noah)
3. (malacology)ark clam(mollusc in the genusArca)
4. (dated)coffer(strong chest used for keeping valuables safe)
5. (by extension,dated)coffer(a supply of money belonging to an organization)
6. (dated)thorax
7. (Brazil,colloquial)pawnshop

   Synonym:casa de penhores

8. (Trás-os-Montes)hug

Derived terms

• Arca da Aliança
• arca da bomba
• arca de Noé
• arcar
• arquejar

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the correspondinglemmaform.

Verb

arca

1. inflection ofarcar:
   1. third-personsingularpresentindicative
   2. second-personsingularimperative

References

• “arca”,iniDicionário Aulete(in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital,2008–2025
• “arca”,inDicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa(in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora,2003–2025
• “arca”,inMichaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa(in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos,2015–2025
• “arca”,inDicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa(in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam,2008–2025

Spanish

Etymology

InheritedfromOld Spanisharca,archa,fromLatinarca(“chest, box”),fromarceō(“to enclose”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈaɾka/[ˈaɾ.ka]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes:-aɾka
• Syllabification:ar‧ca

Noun

arcaf(pluralarcas)

1. ark,chest

   Synonym:cofre

Usage notes

• Feminine nouns beginning with stressed/ˈa/likearcatake the singular definite articleel(otherwise reserved for masculine nouns) instead of the usualla:elarca.This includes the contracted formsalanddel(instead ofa laandde la,respectively):alarca,delarca.

These nouns also usually take the indefinite articleunthat is otherwise used with masculine nouns (although the standard feminine formunais also permitted):unarcaorunaarca.The same is true with determinersalgún/algunaandningún/ninguna,as well as for numerals ending with 1 (e.g.,veintiún/veintiuna).

However, if another word intervenes between the article and the noun, the usual feminine singular articles and determiners (la,unaetc.) must be used:lamejor arca,unabuena arca.

• If an adjective follows the noun, it must agree with the noun's gender regardless of the article used:elarca única,un(a)arca buena.
• In the plural, the usual feminine singular articles and determiners (las,unasetc.) are always used.

Derived terms

• arca de agua
• arca de la Alianza(“Ark of the Covenant”)
• arca de Noé(“Noah's ark”)
• arca del cuerpo
• arca del diluvio
• arca del pan
• arca del testamento
• arcón
• arqueta
• arquilla
• en arca abierta el justo peca

Further reading

• “arca”,inDiccionario de la lengua española[Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8,Royal Spanish Academy[Spanish:Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Anagrams

• cara