bałwański

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Old Polish

Etymology

From bałwan +‎ -ski. First attested in c. 1500.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

bałwański

  1. (relational, religion) idol, graven image
    • Middle of the 15th century, Rozmyślanie o żywocie Pana Jezusa, page 245:
      Ci istni... przyjęli Mojżeszowy księgi..., wszakoż modł bałwańskich nie przestali (nec tamen cessabant ab ydolatria)
      [Ci istni... przyjęli Mojżeszowy księgi..., wszakoż modł bałwańskich nie przestali (nec tamen cessabant ab ydolatria)]
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Descendants

  • Polish: bałwański

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), “bałwański”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish bałwański. By surface analysis, bałwan +‎ -ski.

Pronunciation

 
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  • Rhymes: -aɲski
  • Syllabification: bał‧wań‧ski

Adjective

bałwański (not comparable, no derived adverb)

  1. (colloquial, derogatory) blockheaded
    Synonyms: bałwanowaty, głupi
  2. (Middle Polish, relational, religion) idol, graven image

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