źródło

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See also: žŕodło

Old Polish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *žērdlò. By surface analysis, żreć +‎ -dło. First attested in 1390.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

źródło n

  1. (attested in Greater Poland) spring (natural water source)
    • Middle of the 15th century, Rozmyślanie o żywocie Pana Jezusa, page 83:
      Tako nathychmyast vyrzvczylo szye zrzyvdlo (erupit fons aquarum) vyelykye y napyly szye
      [Tako natychmiast wyrzuciło sie źrzudło (erupit fons aquarum) wielikie i napili sie]
    • 1981-2001 [c. 1500], Elżbieta Belcarzowa, editor, Glosy polskie w łacińskich kazaniach średniowiecznych, volume I, Trzemeszno, page 80:
      Cepit extragere sanguinem, qui fluebat de corpore suo sanctissimo tamquam de fonte, yrzodla, purissimo
      [Cepit extragere sanguinem, qui fluebat de corpore suo sanctissimo tamquam de fonte, jrzódła, purissimo]
    • 1930 [c. 1455], “II Par”, in Ludwik Bernacki, editor, Biblia królowej Zofii (Biblia szaroszpatacka), section 32,3:
      Wzøw radø z swimy ksyøszøti..., abi zaczwyrdzily wszitki zrzodla studnycz (capita fontium), ktore bili przed myastem
      [Wziąw radę z swymi książęty..., aby zaćwirdzili wszytki źrzódła studnic (capita fontium), ktore były przed miastem]
  2. (figuratively) spring (source of anything)
    • 1884 [1476], Ignacy Polkowski, editor, Katalog rękopisów kapitulnych katedry krakowskiej. Cz. 1, Kodexa rękopiśmienne 1-228, volume III, page 108:
      Qui (sc. Iesus) est fons, zrodlo, ortorum, puteus aquarum viuencium, hodie enim clamat: Sicio!
      [Qui (sc. Iesus) est fons, źródło, ortorum, puteus aquarum viuencium, hodie enim clamat: Sicio!]
  3. subcutaneous water reservoir, water vein; aquifer
    • 1874-1891 [End of the 15th century], Rozprawy i Sprawozdania z Posiedzeń Wydziału Filologicznego Akademii Umiejętności, , , volume XXV, page 176:
      Mons enim Libani, ut ait Ieronimus, est... abundans in venis vlg. we rzodlach, aquarum intrinsecus
      [Mons enim Libani, ut ait Ieronimus, est... abundans in venis vlg. we rziódłach, aquarum intrinsecus]
  4. (biblical, attested in Greater Poland) gates (gates and locks that supposedly stop the heavenly waters from falling to the Earth)
    • 1916 [second half of the 15th century], Stanisław Słoński, editor, Psałterz puławski, Greater Poland, pages 41, 9:
      Glębokoszcz glębokoszczy wzywa w gloszye zrzodl twoych (in voce cataractarum tuarum)
      [Głębokość głębokości wzywa w głosie źrzódł twoich (in voce cataractarum tuarum)]

Descendants

  • Polish: źródło
  • Silesian: zdrzōdło

References

Polish

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Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish źródło. By surface analysis, żreć +‎ -dło.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʑrud.wɔ/
  • (Middle Polish) IPA(key): /ˈʑro.dɫɔ/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -udwɔ
  • Syllabification: źród‧ło

Noun

źródło n (diminutive źródełko, related adjective źródłowy)

  1. spring (natural water source)
    Synonyms: krynica, zdrój
  2. source (that from which something originates)
  3. (literary) source (cause for something)
    Synonym: przyczyna
  4. source (origin of a claim, information, etc. in a document)

Declension

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Trivia

According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), źródło is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 43 times in scientific texts, 10 times in news, 22 times in essays, 7 times in fiction, and 5 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 87 times, making it the 735th most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.

References

  1. ^ Ida Kurcz (1990) “źródło”, in Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej [Frequency dictionary of the Polish language]‎ (in Polish), volume 2, Kraków, Warszawa: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Języka Polskiego, page 794

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