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Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from German Festung. Compare Kashubian festinga and Silesian festōng.
Pronunciation
Noun
festunek m inan
- (Kuyavia) Synonym of więzienie (“prison”)
- (Chełmno-Dobrzyń) Synonym of forteca (“fortification”)
Further reading
- Oskar Kolberg (1867) “festunek”, in Dzieła wszystkie: Kujawy (in Polish), page 270
- Antoni Krasnowolski (1879) “festunek”, in Album uczącéj się młodzieży polskiéj poświęcone Józefowi Ignacemu Kraszewskiemu z powodu jubileuszu jego pięćdziesięcioletniéj działalności literackiéj (in Polish), Lviv: Czytelni Akademickiéj Lwowskiéj; "Gaz. Narod." J. Dobrzańskiego i K. Gromana, Słowniczek prowincjalizmów zebranych w ziemi chełmińskiej i świeckiej, page 302