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Old Polish
Etymology
From barwa + -nik. First attested in the 15th century.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /barɛvniːk/
- IPA(key): (15th CE) /barɛvnik/
Noun
barewnik m pers
- one who paints their face or body; sometimes as a ritual
1977 [XV ex.], “Vergili Georgicorum schedae Gnesnenses”, in Bogdanus Bolz, Wanda Żurowska-Górecka, editors, Symbolae Philologorum Posnaniensium, volume 3, page 78:Aspice et extremis, granycznymy, domitum cultoribus orbem easque domos Arabum, pictosque Gelonos barewnyczy- [Aspice et extremis, granicznymi, domitum cultoribus orbem easque domos Arabum, pictosque Gelonos barewnicy]
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), “barewnik”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN