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Old Polish
Etymology
By surface analysis, kość + -arz. First attested in the beginning of the 15th century.
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /kɔstaːr̝/
- IPA(key): (15th CE) /kɔstɒr̝/
Noun
kostarz m animacy unattested
- (attested in Lesser Poland) dice player
- Synonyms: kostera, kostyra, kosternik
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), “kostarz”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN