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Old Polish
Etymology
From aż + -ci. First attested in the end of the 14th century.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /aʃʲt͡ɕi/
- IPA(key): (15th CE) /aʃʲt͡ɕi/
Conjunction
ażci
- (emphatic) until
1930 [c. 1455], “Gen”, in Ludwik Bernacki, editor, Biblia królowej Zofii (Biblia szaroszpatacka), 27, 44:Przebødzesz kylko czasow s nym, asczy syø za tym vpokogy gnyew (donec requiescat furor) brata twego- [Przebędziesz kilko czasow s nim, ażci się za tym upokoji gniew (donec requiescat furor) brata twego]
- (emphatic, attested in Lesser Poland) connects clauses; that
Beginning of the 15th century, Łukasz z Wielkiego Koźmina, Kazania gnieźnieńskie, Krakow, page 174b:Ony szø ge byly tako szucho przesly, ascy ony svich *nok... ne szocz (pro szøcz) ony byly rosmoczyly- [Oni są je byli tako sucho przeszli, ażci oni swych nog... nie sąć oni byli rozmoczyli]
- (emphatic, attested in Lesser Poland) as soon as, at the moment when; immediately after
Derived terms
Descendants
References
Polish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Polish ażci. By surface analysis, aż + -ci.
Pronunciation
Conjunction
ażci
- (Middle Polish, emphatic) as soon as, at the moment when; immediately after
- (Middle Polish, emphatic, contrastive) but, meanwhile
- (Middle Polish, emphatic) untill
- (Middle Polish, emphatic) connects clauses; that
Particle
ażci
- (Middle Polish, emphatic) highlighting particle
- (Middle Polish, emphatic) here!
Further reading
- Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “ażci, ażeć”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]