ażciby

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Old Polish

Etymology

From ażci +‎ -by. First attested in the end of the 15th century.

Pronunciation

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

Conjunction

ażciby

  1. in order to, so that
    • 1875 [End of the 15th century], Stanisław Motty, editor, Książeczka do nabożeństwa Jadwigi księżniczki polskiej, Modlitewnik Nawojki, page 91:
      O bandz volya twa, myly panye, azczyby mala kropya vkanala z opphythego myloszyerdzya twoyego, a vczyn mnye, Nawoyka, szluga szwa
      [O bądź wola twa, miły Panie, ażciby małą kropię ukanęła z obfitego miłosierdzia twojego, a uczyń mnie, Nawojkę, sługą swą]

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), “ażciby”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN