łabęć

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Old Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *olbǭdь.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

łabęć m animacy unattested

  1. swan
    • 1874-1891 [1441], Rozprawy i Sprawozdania z Posiedzeń Wydziału Filologicznego Akademii Umiejętności, , , volume XXV, page 268:
      Labancz cignus
      [Łabęć cignus]
    • 1931 [Second half of the 15th century], Jan Długosz, edited by Marian Friedberg, Klejnoty Długoszowe, Krakow, page 64:
      Labancz, que olorem seu cignum album in campo rubeo defert
      [Łabęć, que olorem seu cignum album in campo rubeo defert]

Descendants

  • Polish: łabędź
  • Silesian: łabōnt

References

  • B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “łabęć”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN