łuna

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See also: luna, Łuna, łúna, and łuną

Old Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lunà.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

łuna f

  1. (attested in Lesser Poland) moon
    Synonyms: luna, miesiąc
    • 1939 [end of the 14th century], Ryszard Ganszyniec, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Kubica, Ludwik Bernacki, editors, Psałterz florjański łacińsko-polsko-niemiecki, Krakow: Zakład Narodowy imienia Ossolińskich, z zasiłkiem Sejmu Śląskiego, pages 88, 36:
      Stolecz iego... iaco luna (sicut luna, Puł: myeszyøcz) przezpeczna ne weky
      [Stolec jego... jako łuna (sicut luna, Puł: miesiąc) przezpieczna na wieki]
  2. moonlight
    • 1864 [1250], August Bielowski, editor, Monumenta Poloniae Historica. Pomniki Dziejowe Polski, volume II, page 480:
      Slavi splendorem lunae in nocte lucentis luna appellant
      [Slavi splendorem lunae in nocte lucentis łuna appellant]
      The Slavs call the brightness of the moon shining in the night łuna

Descendants

  • Polish: łuna

Further reading

  • 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), “łuna”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

Polish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish łuna. Doublet of luna and Roksana.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈwu.na/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -una
  • Syllabification: łu‧na

Noun

łuna f

  1. radiance; glow
    Synonyms: poblask, poświata

Declension

Derived terms

adjective
noun

Further reading

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

Venetan

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Etymology

From Latin lūna, from Proto-Italic *louksnā, from Proto-Indo-European *lówksneh₂, which is derived from Proto-Indo-European *lewk-.

Noun

łuna f (plural łune)

  1. (astronomy) moon