krótce

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Old Polish

Etymology

From krótki +‎ -e. First attested in the end of the 14th century.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /krɔːtt͡sɛ/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /krott͡sɛ/

Adverb

krótce

  1. briefly; shortly (in a manner using few words)
    • 1901 [1471], Materiały i Prace Komisji Językowej Akademii Umiejętności w Krakowie, volume V, page 109:
      Krotczie summatim (Daniel... somnium scribens brevi sermone comprehendit summatimque perstringens ait Dan 7, 1)
      [Krotce summatim (Daniel... somnium scribens brevi sermone comprehendit summatimque perstringens ait Dan 7, 1)]
  2. (attested in Lesser Poland) soon (in the near future)
    • 1939 [end of the 14th century], Ryszard Ganszyniec, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Kubica, Ludwik Bernacki, editors, Psałterz florjański łacińsko-polsko-niemiecki, Krakow: Zakład Narodowy imienia Ossolińskich, z zasiłkiem Sejmu Śląskiego, pages 2, 13:
      Gdi roszgø na crotcze (cum exarserit in brevi) gnew iego, blogoslaweni wszistcy, gisz ymaiø w nem pwø
      [Gdy rozżgą na krotce (cum exarserit in brevi) gniew jego, błogosławieni wszystcy, jiż imają w niem pwę]

Derived terms

adverb

Descendants

  • Middle Polish: krótce

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), “krótce”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

Polish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish krótce. By surface analysis, krótki +‎ -e.

Pronunciation

Adverb

krótce (not comparable)

  1. (Middle Polish) briefly; shortly (in a manner using few words)
  2. (Middle Polish) soon (in the near future)
    Synonyms: krótko, niedługo, wkrótce

Derived terms

adverb

References

Further reading

  • Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “krotce”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku
  • Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “krótce”, in Słownik języka polskiego