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Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from German galant. Compare Kashubian galant.
Pronunciation
Adjective
galanty (derived adverb galanto or galancie)
- (Far Masovian) gallant (excellent, convenient, neat, accurate)
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:dobry
- Móm galantego kawaléra. ― I have a gallant young man.
Further reading
- Antoni Waga (1860) “galanty”, in “Abecadłowy spis wyrazów ludowego języka w okolicach Łomży, Wizny i przyległych”, in Kazimierz Władysław Wóycicki, editor, Biblioteka Warszawska (in Polish), volume 2, Warsaw, page 751
- Wojciech Grzegorzewicz (1894) “galanty”, in Sprawozdania Komisji Językowej Akademii Umiejętności (in Polish), volume 5, Krakow: Akademia Umiejętności, page 108