bezmian

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Old Polish

Alternative forms

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) First attested in 1483. Compare Old East Slavic безмѣнъ (bezměnŭ).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

bezmian m animacy unattested

  1. unit of weight of approximately one kilogram
    • 1932-1939 [1483], Jan Fijałek, Władysław Semkowicz, editors, Codex diplomaticus ecclesiae cathedralis necnon dioeceseos Vilnensis. Kodeks dyplomatyczny katedry i diecezji wileńskiej‎, volume I, page 388:
      Do... octo homines, videlicet villanos nominatim,... secundum nomine Stanislaum Alexeyovicz et legittimis ipsius cum proventibus, videlicet dwa besmyany mellis, dvye daklye siliginis,... quartum Mylonowicz cum... proventibus, videlicet thry besmyany mellis,... quintum Lvpko cum... labore proventibusque tres grossos,... thrzy besmyany
      [Do... octo homines, videlicet villanos nominatim,... secundum nomine Stanislaum Aleksiejowicz et legittimis ipsius cum proventibus, videlicet dwa bezmiany mellis, dwie dakle siliginis,... quartum Milonowicz cum... proventibus, videlicet trzy bezmiany mellis,... quintum Lubko (czy Łubko) cum... labore proventibusque tres grossos,... trzy bezmiany]

Descendants

  • Polish: bezmian

References

  • Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “bezmian”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego (in Polish)
  • 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), “bezmian”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

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Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish bezmian.

Pronunciation

 
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  • Rhymes: -ɛzmjan
  • Syllabification: bez‧mian

Noun

bezmian m inan

  1. (historical) steelyard, stilyard (transportable balance with unequal arm lengths)
    Synonym: waga rzymska

Declension

Declension of bezmian
singular plural
nominative bezmian bezmiany
genitive bezmianu bezmianów
dative bezmianowi bezmianom
accusative bezmian bezmiany
instrumental bezmianem bezmianami
locative bezmianie bezmianach
vocative bezmianie bezmiany

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