ldza

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See also: łdza

Old Polish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lьdzě. Cognate with Old Czech lzě and Old East Slavic льзѣ (lĭzě).

Pronunciation

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

Verb

ldza impf (defective)

  1. (intransitive, impersonal) it is possible; one is allowed; it is needed, one ought to
    • 1915 [mid 15th century], Jan Łoś, editor, Przegląd językowych zabytków staropolskich do r. 1543, page 315:
      W czem czlowyek nye othpoczywa, w tem mu trwacz ne ldza abo nye moze
      [W czem człowiek nie otpoczywa, w tem mu trwać nie ldza abo nie może]

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