ględać

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Old Polish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (10^th–15^th CE) /ɡlʲæ̃dat͡ɕ/
IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ɡlʲæ̃dat͡ɕ/

Verb

ględać impf

to look, to look at
Synonyms: ględzieć, patrzyć, poględać, źrzeć
- 1877-1881 [Rance y ramyona yego oczyma nany glandayancima wschey pelni luboszcy (manus habens et brachia visu delectabilia)], Władysław Wisłocki, editor, Katalog rękopisów Biblioteki Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, number 2151, page c. 1418:
  Ręce i ramiona jego oczyma nań glądającyma wszej pełny lubości (manus habens et brachia visu delectabilia)
  [-]
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
to look for, to search, to seek
Synonyms: patrzać, szukać
- 1901 [1471], Materiały i Prace Komisji Językowej Akademii Umiejętności w Krakowie, volume V, page 63:
  Glanda contemplatur (aquila... inde contemplatur escam et de longe oculi eius prospiciunt Job 39, 29)
  [Gląda contemplatur (aquila... inde contemplatur escam et de longe oculi eius prospiciunt Job 39, 29)]
- 1930 [Fifteenth century], “Deut”, in Ludwik Bernacki, editor, Biblia królowej Zofii (Biblia szaroszpatacka)‎, 23, 6:
  Nye vczinisz sobye s nimi mirv ani gløday gich dobrego (non facies cum eis pacem nec quaeras eis bona)
  [Nie uczynisz sobie s nimi miru ani ględaj jich dobrego (non facies cum eis pacem nec quaeras eis bona)]
to regard, to be mindful of
- c. 1301-1350, Kazania świętokrzyskie‎, page br 16:
  Mouy piruey sedøcim: vstan, ... jz na bødøce dobro ne glødaiø
  [Mowi pirzwej siedzącym: Wstań!, ... iż na będące dobro nie glądają]

Descendants

Middle Polish: ględać

References

B. Sieradzka-Baziur, editor (2011–2015), “ględać”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish ględać.

Pronunciation

(Middle Polish) IPA^(key): /ˈɡlɛ̃.dat͡ɕ/

Verb

ględać impf

(transitive, intransitive, Middle Polish) to look at or
Synonym: patrzeć

Derived terms

verbs

References

Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “ględać”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]

Further reading

M. Arcta Słownik Staropolski/Ględać on the Polish Wikisource.Wikisource ^pl

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