arca

arca

1. Romanization of ᬅᬃᬘᬵ.

Inherited from Latin arca.

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

arca f (plural arques)

1. chest, coffer
2. ark (boat)

• bagul, cofre

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

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

arca f (plural arcas)

1. (nautical, dated) starboard

   Synonym: estribor

   Antonyms: couso, babor

From Old Galician-Portuguese arca, archa, arqua, from Latin arca.

arca f (plural arcas)

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

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “arca”, in Dicionario 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”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “arca”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

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

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

arca

1. third-person singular single-possession possessive of arc

   Felderült az arca. ― His/her face brightened.

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	—

• arca verítékével

From Malay arca, from Sanskrit अर्चा (arcā, “worship, idol”).

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

arca

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

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

From Latin arca.

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

arca f (plural arche)

1. ark (casket or tomb)

• arca di Noè (“Noah's ark”)
• arcaro

• arac, cara

• archa (Medieval Latin, common)

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

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

arca f (genitive arcae); 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

First-declension noun.

• arcārius
• arcella
• arcula

• arcānō
• arcānus
• arceō

• “arca”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “arca”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• arca 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)
• arca in Gaffiot, 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”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “arca”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• “arca”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

From Sanskrit अर्चा (arcā, “worship, idol”).

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

arca (Jawi spelling ارچا, plural arca-arca, informal 1st possessive arcaku, 2nd possessive arcamu, 3rd possessive arcanya)

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

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

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

Borrowed from Sanskrit अर्चा (arcā).

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

arca

1. image, cult-statue

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

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

• archa (obsolete)

• Rhymes: -aɾkɐ
• Hyphenation: ar‧ca

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese arca, archa, borrowed from Latin arca. First attested in 1109.^[1]

arca f (plural arcas)

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 mítica arca?

     ... 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 mythical ark?) ...) ...

2. (biblical) ark (ship built by Noah)
3. (malacology) ark clam (mollusc in the genus Arca)
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

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

arca

1. inflection of arcar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• “arca”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
• “arca”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “arca”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
• “arca”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Inherited from Old Spanish arca, archa, from Latin arca (“chest, box”), from arceō (“to enclose”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈaɾka/ [ˈaɾ.ka]

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• Rhymes: -aɾka
• Syllabification: ar‧ca

arca f (plural arcas)

1. ark, chest

   Synonym: cofre

• Feminine nouns beginning with stressed /ˈa/ like arca take the singular definite article el (otherwise reserved for masculine nouns) instead of the usual la: el arca. This includes the contracted forms al and del (instead of a la and de la, respectively): al arca, del arca.

These nouns also usually take the indefinite article un that is otherwise used with masculine nouns (although the standard feminine form una is also permitted): un arca or una arca. The same is true with determiners algún/alguna and ningún/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, una etc.) must be used: la mejor arca, una buena arca.

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

• “arca”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28

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