krszczyć

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Old Polish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *krъšiti.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

krszczyć pf

  1. to behead, to decapitate (to remove the head of)
    Synonyms: stłoczyć, ściąć
    • Middle of the 15th century, Rozmyślanie o żywocie Pana Jezusa, page 347:
      Krol... poslawschy y krssczyl svyątego Yana Krzczyczyelya (rex... misitque et decollavit Joannem in carcere Mat 14, 10)
      [Krol... posławszy i krszczył świętego Jana Krzciciela (rex... misitque et decollavit Joannem in carcere Mat 14, 10)]
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Descendants

  • Polish: krszyć (dialectal)

Further reading

  • 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), “krszczyć”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN