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Old Polish
Etymology
From ależ + -by. First attested in the 15th century.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /alʲɛ(ː)ʒʲbɨ/
- IPA(key): (15th CE) /alʲɛʒʲbɨ/, /alʲeʒʲbɨ/
Conjunction
ależby
- (in unreal sentences) until
1928 [End of the fifteenth century], Jan Janów, editor, Zespół ewangelijny Biblioteki Ordynacji Zamoyskich nr 1116, page 294:I odpovyedz by wszyąl od dvcha szvyathego nye vyrzecz szmyerczy, aleszby pyrvey vyrzal Cristvsa (nisi prius videret Luc 2, 26)- [I odpowiedź by wziął od Ducha Świętego nie ujrzeć śmierci, ależby pirwej ujrzał Krystusa (nisi prius videret Luc 2, 26)]
- forms unreal conditionals
1928 [End of the fifteenth century], Jan Janów, editor, Zespół ewangelijny Biblioteki Ordynacji Zamoyskich nr 1116, page 305:Szadny nye mosze thy znamyona dzyalacz..., alyeszby byl bog sz [n]ym (nisi fuerit deus cum eo Jo 3, 2)- [Żadny nie może ty znamiona działać..., ależby był Bog s [n]im (nisi fuerit deus cum eo Jo 3, 2)]
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