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Old Polish
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) First attested in the middle of the 15th century.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /xɛɫpa/
- IPA(key): (15th CE) /xɛɫpa/
Noun
chełpa f
- boastfulness
1880-1894 [Middle of the 15th century], Sprawozdania Komisji Językowej Akademii Umiejętności, volume V, page 254:Chwaly a chelpy {{..}} na vkazanye wyelkoszczy szwyatha a moczy rzymskyey propter gloriam et iactanciam uel ad ostendendam orbis magnificenciam et potenciam Romanorum- [Chwały a chełpy {{..}} na ukazanie wielkości świata a mocy rzymskiej propter gloriam et iactanciam uel ad ostendendam orbis magnificenciam et potenciam Romanorum]
Further reading
- 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), “chełpa”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN