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Czech
Pronunciation
Particle
abys
- second-person singular of aby
Conjunction
abys
- second-person singular of aby
Polish
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἄβυσσος (ábussos). First attested in 1618.
Pronunciation
Noun
abys m animacy unattested
- (Middle Polish) abyss (hell)
- (Middle Polish) abyss (bottomless or unfathomed depth)
- Synonyms: czeluść, otchłań, przepaść
Declension
Attested forms of *abys
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abysy
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abysa
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abysów
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abysie
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Related terms
References
- Krystyna Siekierska (26.03.2020) “ABYS”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]
Further reading
- Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) Słownik języka polskiego, volume 1, page 3
- Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “abys”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
- J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “abys”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 5