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Old Polish
Etymology
From bez- + sen + -ny. First attested in c. 1500.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /bɛssɛnnɨː/
- IPA(key): (15th CE) /bɛssɛnnɨ/
Adjective
bezsenny
- (attested in) sleepless (causing insomnia or sleeplessness)
1874-1891 [c. 1500], Rozprawy i Sprawozdania z Posiedzeń Wydziału Filologicznego Akademii Umiejętności, , , volume XLVII, page 369:Tunc rospacy szromotne, bessenne, de quocumque acti pessimo peccato- [Tunc rozpaczy sromotne, bezsenne, de quocumque acti pessimo peccato]
Descendants
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), “bezsenny”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN
Polish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Polish bezsenny. By surface analysis, bez- + sen + -ny.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɛnnɘ
- Syllabification: bez‧sen‧ny
Adjective
bezsenny (not comparable, derived adverb bezsennie)
- sleepless (during which one has not slept)
- bezsenna noc ― sleepless night
- sleepless (unable to sleep)
- sleepless (deprived of sleep)
Declension
Declension of bezsenny (hard)
Derived terms
Further reading
- bezsenny in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- bezsenny in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “bezsenny”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
- Barbara Rykiel-Kempf (21.03.2024) “BEZSENNY”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]
- Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “bezsenny”, in Słownik języka polskiego
- Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “bezsenny”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
- J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “bezsenny”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 133