księżyc

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Old Polish

Etymology

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

The meaning of “moon” is the result of a great moon cult among the Slavs; compare Polabian ťėnąʒ (king, nobleman; moon), Serbo-Croatian кне̑зknȇz (prince; moon), ца̏рcȁr (tsar; moon), Belarusian малады́ князь (maladý knjazʹ, young prince; moon). Compare also a Ukrainian vocative мі́сяцю кня́зю (mísjacju knjázju) (used, e.g., in a spell against toothache and Ivan Franko's poetry).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

księżyc m animacy unattested

  1. (hapax, attested in Lesser Poland) son of a prince
    • c. 1301-1350, Kazania świętokrzyskie, Miechów, page cv 18:
      Troiaky skutek znameniti pocazuie v tih ue threh croleh poganskih: gih zødne croleuicha... pitane, gih verne kzøzicha pocoynego posnane
      [Trojaki skutek znamienity pokazuje w tych we trzech krolech pogańskich: jich żądne krolewica... pytanie, jich wierne księżyca pokojnego poznanie]
  2. Moon (Earth's natural satelite)
    • 1874-1891 [End of the 15th century], Rozprawy i Sprawozdania z Posiedzeń Wydziału Filologicznego Akademii Umiejętności, , , volume XXV, page 266:
      Zorza czudna, xanzycz
      [Zorza cudna, księżyc]
    1. (attested in Greater Poland) moon (representation or shape of the Moon on something)
      • 1878-1889 [1426], Archiwum Komisji Historycznej, volume III, Greater Poland, page 335:
        Clenody dwa xąsycza a krzys, proclamacio Ostoya
        [Clenodii dwa księżyca a krzyż, proclamacio Ostoja]
  3. (attested in Masovia) month (period into which a year is divided based on the phases of the Moon)
    • 1928 [End of the fifteenth century], Jan Janów, editor, Zespół ewangelijny Biblioteki Ordynacji Zamoyskich nr 1116, Warsaw, page 289:
      I myaszkala Maria sz nyą yacoby przes trzy kzyazycze (quasi mensibus tribus Luc 1, 56)
      [I mięszkała Maryja z nią jakoby przez trzy księżyce (quasi mensibus tribus Luc 1, 56)]

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Descendants

  • Masurian: ksziénzÿc
  • Polish: księżyc
  • Silesian: ksiynżyc

References

Polish

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Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish księżyc. Partially displaced Old Polish miesiąc.

Pronunciation

Noun

księżyc m inan (related adjective księżycowy)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of Księżyc (Moon).
    Synonyms: miesiąc, Srebrny Glob
  2. moon (any natural satellite of a planet)
    Synonym: satelita
  3. (figuratively) moonlight (light from the Moon)
  4. moon (object shaped like the Moon; figure of the Moon)
  5. (Middle Polish) month (period into which a year is divided based on the phases of the Moon)
    Synonym: miesiąc

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