bałwaństwo

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Old Polish

Etymology

From bałwan +‎ -stwo. First attested in the 15th century.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

bałwaństwo n

  1. (religion) idolatry
    • 1880-1894 [Middle of the 15th century], Sprawozdania Komisji Językowej Akademii Umiejętności, volume V, page 266:
      Balwanstwo ydolatria
      [Bałwaństwo ydolatria]
  2. (religion, collective, attested in Southern Borderlands) idols, graven images
    • 1880-1894 [Middle of the 15th century], Sprawozdania Komisji Językowej Akademii Umiejętności, volume I, Lviv, page 104:
      Nye bądzmy balwanstw modlę dawayączy ne efficiamini ydolatre (neque idololatrae efficiamini I Cor 10, 7)
      [Nie bądźmy bałwaństwu modłę dawający ne efficiamini ydolatre (neque idololatrae efficiamini I Cor 10, 7)]
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noun

Descendants

  • Polish: bałwaństwo

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

Polish

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Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish bałwaństwo. By surface analysis, bałwan +‎ -stwo.

Pronunciation

 
  • Rhymes: -aɲstfɔ
  • Syllabification: bał‧wań‧stwo

Noun

bałwaństwo n

  1. (colloquial) blockheadism
    Synonym: głupota
  2. (colloquial, collective) blockheadeds
  3. (colloquial) blockheadedness
  4. (Middle Polish) idolatry
    Synonyms: bałwochwalstwo, idolatria

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