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Old Polish
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *svьstь, *svěstь.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /ɕfjɛɕt͡ɕ/
- IPA(key): (15th CE) /ɕfjɛɕt͡ɕ/
Noun
świeść f
- sister-in-law (wife's sister)
1856-1870 [1403], Antoni Zygmunt Helcel, editor, Starodawne Prawa Polskiego Pomniki, volume II, number 1014:Clemens..., fideiussor pro domina Beyata uxore sua, et pro Praxa ac pro [omnibus] aliis sororibus uterinis eiusdem... Beyate, vlg. za sswesczy swe- [Clemens..., fideiussor pro domina Biejata uxore sua, et pro Praksa ac pro [omnibus] aliis sororibus uterinis eiusdem... Biejate, vlg. za świeści swe]
- (attested in Greater Poland) relative, in-law
1974 [1428], Henryk Kowalewicz, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz, editors, Wielkopolskie roty sądowe XIV-XV wieku, Roty kaliskie, volume IV, number 729, Kalisz:Yako pan Pyotr... nigdy nye bil opyekadlnykem panyey Margarzathi, swe swyesczi- [Jako pan Piotr... nigdy nie był opiekadlnikiem paniej Margarzaty, swe świeści]
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), “świeść”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN