cnotliwy

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Polish

Etymology

From cnota +‎ -liwy.

Pronunciation

 
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  • Rhymes: -ivɘ
  • Syllabification: cno‧tli‧wy

Adjective

cnotliwy (comparative cnotliwszy or bardziej cnotliwy, superlative najcnotliwszy or najbardziej cnotliwy, derived adverb cnotliwie)

  1. virtuous (full of virtue, having excellent moral character)
  2. chaste, continent (abstaining from sexual intercourse)
    Synonym: nieskalany
  3. (Far Masovian) good (having positive traits)
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:dobry
    Moja krowa taka cnotliwa, co zawsze mleko przypuści.My cow is so good, that it will always give milk..

Declension

Derived terms

noun

Descendants

  • Belarusian: цно́тлівы (cnótlivy)
  • Ukrainian: цнотли́вий (cnotlývyj)

Further reading

  • cnotliwy in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • cnotliwy in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Wojciech Grzegorzewicz (1894) “cnotliwy”, in Sprawozdania Komisji Językowej Akademii Umiejętności (in Polish), volume 5, Krakow: Akademia Umiejętności, page 105