chrzbiet

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Old Polish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *xrьbьtъ. First attested in the 14th century.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

chrzbiet m animacy unattested

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    • 1939 [end of the 14th century], Ryszard Ganszyniec, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Kubica, Ludwik Bernacki, editors, Psałterz florjański łacińsko-polsko-niemiecki [Sankt Florian Psalter]‎, Krakow: Zakład Narodowy imienia Ossolińskich, z zasiłkiem Sejmu Śląskiego [The Ossoliński National Institute: with the benefit of the Silesian Parliament], pages 65, 10:
      Poloszil ies zamøty na chrzepcze naszem (in dorso nostro)
      [Położył jeś zamęty na chrzebcie naszem (in dorso nostro)]
    • 1939 [end of the 14th century], Ryszard Ganszyniec, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Kubica, Ludwik Bernacki, editors, Psałterz florjański łacińsko-polsko-niemiecki [Sankt Florian Psalter]‎, Krakow: Zakład Narodowy imienia Ossolińskich, z zasiłkiem Sejmu Śląskiego [The Ossoliński National Institute: with the benefit of the Silesian Parliament], pages 67, 14:
      Acz spacz bødzecze medzi dwema zaconoma, perze goløbe posrzebrzone a posladcowe chrzepta iego w bladosci zlota (si dormiatis inter medios cleros, pennae columbae deargentatae et posteriora dorsi eius in pallore auri)
      [Acz spać będziecie miedzy dwiema żakoma, pierze gołębie pośrzebrzone a pośladkowie chrzebta jego w bladości złota (si dormiatis inter medios cleros, pennae columbae deargentatae et posteriora dorsi eius in pallore auri)]

Descendants

  • Polish: grzbiet
  • Silesian: rzbiet

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