brzeg

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See also: brzég, brżég, and Brzeg

Old Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bȇrgъ. First attested in 1291.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

brzeg m animacy unattested (related adjective brzeżny)

  1. bank, shore
    • 1861 [1427], Pismo poświęcone naukom, sztukom i przemysłowi, volume III, Biblioteka Warszawska, page 40:
      Są yachali ną dzedziną a przyyawszy na brzeg y pusczili ludzy... gedny na konyech..., druge w lodzyach
      [Są jachali na dziedzinę. A przyjawszy na brzeg i puścili ludzi... jedny na koniech..., drugie w łodziach]
  2. The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include:
    1. riverbed
      • 1901 [1471], Materiały i Prace Komisji Językowej Akademii Umiejętności w Krakowie, volume V, page 45:
        Brzeg alveum torrentis (facite alveum torrentis huius fossas et fossas IV Reg 3, 16)
        [Brzeg alveum torrentis (facite alveum torrentis huius fossas et fossas IV Reg 3, 16)]
  3. The meaning of this term is uncertain.
    • 1868 [1485], Akta grodzkie i ziemskie z czasów Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej : z archiwum tak zwanego bernardyńskiego we Lwowie w skutek fundacyi śp. Alexandra hr. Stadnickiego, volume XV, page 568:
      Equitavimus per silvam... Kymirszky lasch po wirzch do brzeg
      [Equitavimus per silvam... Kimirski las po wirzch do brzeg]

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Descendants

  • Masurian: brżég
  • Polish: brzeg
  • Silesian: brzyg

References

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brzeg

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish brzeg.

Pronunciation

Noun

brzeg m inan (diminutive brzeżek, related adjective brzegowy or brzeżny)

  1. bank, shore (border between land and water)
  2. edge, rim (border of the surface of an object)
    Synonym: krawędź
    1. pizza crust
  3. edge, rim (space that extends along the boundary of something)
    Synonyms: kraj, obrzeże, pobrzeże, skraj
  4. (Middle Polish) edge; Further details are uncertain.
    • 1564, J. Mączyński, Lexicon, page 210a:
      Margineus, et Marginalis, Co ná końcu/ brzegu/ kráwędźi á kráyu yeſt.
    • 1588, A. Calepinus, Dictionarium decem linguarum, page 639b:
      Brzeg, krai, burta.

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Trivia

According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), brzeg is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 21 times in scientific texts, 9 times in news, 1 time in essays, 41 times in fiction, and 14 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 86 times, making it the 737th most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.

References

  1. ^ Ida Kurcz (1990) “brzeg”, in Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej [Frequency dictionary of the Polish language]‎ (in Polish), volume 1, Kraków, Warszawa: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Języka Polskiego, page 35

Further reading

  • brzeg in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • brzeg in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “brzeg”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
  • Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “brzeg”, in Słownik języka polskiego
  • Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “brzeg”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
  • J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “brzeg”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 217
  • brzeg in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego