aliby

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Old Polish

Etymology

From ali +‎ -by. First attested in 1446.

Pronunciation

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

Conjunction

aliby

  1. (hapax, attested in Masovia) (in unreal sentences) until
    • 1950 [1446], Władysław Kuraszkiewicz, Adam Wolff, editors, Zapiski i roty polskie XV-XVI wieku z ksiąg sądowych ziemi warszawskiej, number 779, Warsaw:
      Jacom ya ne myal poziczicz Climontowy pyaczy kop, alibi my dal lysth xazy na sya y na swe dzeczy
      [Jakom ja nie miał pożyczyć Klimontowi pięci kop, aliby mi dał list księży na się i na swe dzieci]

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