żarnów

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See also: Zarnow and Żarnów

Old Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *žьrny.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /ʒʲa(ː)rnɔːfʲ/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /ʒʲarnofʲ/, /ʒʲɒrnofʲ/

Noun

żarnów m animacy unattested

  1. (attested in Masovia) quernstone
    • 1930 [c. 1455], “Deut”, in Ludwik Bernacki, editor, Biblia królowej Zofii (Biblia szaroszpatacka), 24, 6:
      Nye przymyesz myasto zaklada spodnyego y zvirzchnyego zarnowa (non accipies loco pignoris inferiorem et superiorem molam)
      [Nie przymiesz miasto zakłada spodniego i zwirzchniego żarnowa (non accipies loco pignoris inferiorem et superiorem molam)]
    • 1878-1889 [1411], Archiwum Komisji Historycznej, volume III, Radom, Warsaw, page 128:
      De clenodio et proclamacione Cusszaba, in clipeo deferentes lapidem molarem vlg. zarnow z paprziczø
      [De clenodio et proclamacione Kuszaba, in clipeo deferentes lapidem molarem vlg. żarnow z paprzycą]
    1. quern (mill for grinding corn, especially a handmill made of two circular stones)
      • 1930 [c. 1455], “Ex”, in Ludwik Bernacki, editor, Biblia królowej Zofii (Biblia szaroszpatacka), 11, 5:
        Szemrze wszitko pyrworodne w szemy egipskyey ot pyrworodzonego ffaraonowa... asz do pyrzworodzonego dzewczyna, ktoresz to gest u szarnowa (usque ad primogenitum ancillae, quae est ad molam)
        [Zemrze wszytko pirworodne w ziemi ejipskiej ot pirworodzonego faraonowa... aż do pirzworodzonego dziewczyna, ktoraż to jest u żarnowa (usque ad primogenitum ancillae, quae est ad molam)]
  2. press (device for squeezing grapes)
    • 1885-2024 [XV p. post.], Jan Baudouina de Courtenay, Jan Karłowicz, Antoni Adam Kryńskiego, Malinowski Lucjan, editors, Prace Filologiczne, volume V, page 10:
      Szarnow trapeta
      [Żarnow trapeta]

Descendants

  • Polish: żarna

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