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Old Polish
Etymology
From krzest + -nica.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /kr̝ɛɕɲit͡sa/
- IPA(key): (15th CE) /kr̝ɛɕɲit͡sa/
Noun
krześnica f
- (Christianity, attested in Greater Poland) baptismal font
1908 [c. 1500], Bolesław Erzepki, editor, Przyczynki do średniowiecznego słownictwa polskiego. I. Glosy polskie wpisane do łacińsko-niemieckiego słownika drukowanego w roku 1490, Lubiń, page 35:Krzesznyczą baptisterium- [Krześnica baptisterium]
Further reading
- M. Arcta Słownik Staropolski/Krześnica on the Polish Wikisource.Wikisource pl
- 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), “krześnica”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN