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Old Polish
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *družьka. By surface analysis, drug + -ka.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /druʃʲka/
- IPA(key): (15th CE) /druʃʲka/
Noun
drużka f
- (attested in Lesser Poland) bridesmaid (woman who attends the bride at a wedding ceremony)
- Synonym: druchna
- Coordinate term: drużba
1885-2024 [1443–5], Jan Baudouina de Courtenay, Jan Karłowicz, Antoni Adam Kryńskiego, Malinowski Lucjan, editors, Prace Filologiczne, volume V, Kurów (Bochnia), page 79:Druszka pronuba- [Drużka pronuba]
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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), “drużka”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN
Polish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Polish drużka. By surface analysis, druh + -ka.
Pronunciation
Noun
drużka f (male equivalent druh)
- (dated) bridesmaid (woman who attends the bride at a wedding ceremony)
- Synonym: druhna
Declension
Further reading
- drużka in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- drużka in Polish dictionaries at PWN