bartnik

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Old Polish

Etymology

From barć +‎ -nik. First attested in 1417.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

bartnik m animacy unattested

  1. (beekeeping, attested in Masovia, Greater Poland) beekeeper, apiarist of a beehive tree hollow
    Synonym: bartodziej
    • 1879 [1417], Jan Tadeusz Lubomirski, editor, Księga ziemi czerskiej 1404-1425. Liber terrae Cernensis, Masovia, page 177:
      Yan bartnika fpusczyl w moyø dzedynø sylø moczø
      [Jan bartnika wpuścił w moję dziedzinę siłą mocą]
    • 1450, Piotr z Uścia, Rozariusz kapitulny, Ujście: Archiwum i Biblioteki Krakowskiej Kapituły Katedralnej, sygn. Ms 224, page 17v:
      Apiaster [] est [est] apum magister barthnyk
      [Apiaster [] est [est] apum magister bartnik]
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Descendants

  • Polish: bartnik

References

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bartnik

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish bartnik. By surface analysis, barć +‎ -nik.

Pronunciation

Noun

bartnik m pers (related adjective bartnicki or bartniczy)

  1. (beekeeping, historical) tree hollow beekeeper (one who keeps honey bees in log beehives or tree hollows)
    Synonym: bartny
    Near-synonym: pszczelarz
  2. (obsolete) bear that gets honey from bee's tree hollows

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