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Old Polish
Etymology
From ława + -nik. First attested in 1398.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /ɫavniːk/
- IPA(key): (15th CE) /ɫavnik/
Noun
ławnik m pers
- (law) lay judge
1887, 1889 [1398], Józef Lekszycki, editor, Die ältesten großpolnischen Grodbücher, volume II, number 729:Iaco Michal obr[z]øczil za kmecza, czso mi launiczi scazali- [Jako Michał obręczył za kmiecia, cso mi ławnicy skazali]
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Polish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Polish ławnik. By surface analysis, ława + -nik.
Pronunciation
Noun
ławnik m pers (female equivalent ławniczka)
- (law) lay judge (lay person who acts as (or is) a judge, or who assists a (professional) judge, in a court proceeding)
- (law, common law) juror (member of a jury)
- (historical) alderman (member of the town council, member of the court bench from the 13th century, member of the town or municipal council from 1919-39)
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Further reading
- ławnik in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- ławnik in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “ławnik”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
- Renata Bronikowska (22.09.2018) “ŁAWNIK”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]
- Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “ławnik”, in Słownik języka polskiego
- Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “ławnik”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
- J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1902), “ławnik”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 2, Warsaw, page 802