łódź

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See also: Lodz, Lodž, Łodz, and Łódź

Old Polish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *oldi.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /ɫɔːt͡ɕ/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /ɫot͡ɕ/

Noun

łódź f

  1. boat
    • 1959 [1400], Henryk Kowalewicz, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz, editors, Wielkopolskie roty sądowe XIV-XV wieku, Roty poznańskie, volume I, number 426, Poznań:
      Iacosm woyewodzini ludze polapal tedi, kedi cradly lodzø na Cussewe jezerze
      [Jakośm wojewodziny ludzie połapał tedy, kiedy kradli łodzią na Kuszewie jezierze]
  2. ship (large boat)
    • 1939 [end of the 14th century], Ryszard Ganszyniec, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Kubica, Ludwik Bernacki, editors, Psałterz florjański łacińsko-polsko-niemiecki [Sankt Florian Psalter]‎, Krakow: Zakład Narodowy imienia Ossolińskich, z zasiłkiem Sejmu Śląskiego [The Ossoliński National Institute: with the benefit of the Silesian Parliament], pages 103, 27:
      To morze welike y szyrokee..., tamo lodzye (naves) przedø
      [To morze wielike i szyrokie..., tamo łodzie (naves) przedą]

Derived terms

nouns

Descendants

  • Polish: łódź

References

Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish łódź.

Pronunciation

Noun

łódź f (diminutive łódka or łódeczka)

  1. boat

Declension

Derived terms

nuons

Further reading

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

Upper Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *oldi.

Pronunciation

Noun

łódź f (diminutive łódźička, related adjective łódźny)

  1. boat

Declension

Derived terms

nouns
verbs

Further reading