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Old Polish
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lь̏stь.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /lʲɛɕt͡ɕ/
- IPA(key): (15th CE) /lʲɛɕt͡ɕ/
Noun
leść f
- (attested in Lesser Poland) guile, cunning
- Synonyms: chytrość, lesność, lściwość
1939 [end of the 14th century], Ryszard Ganszyniec, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Kubica, Ludwik Bernacki, editors, Psałterz florjański łacińsko-polsko-niemiecki [Sankt Florian Psalter], Krakow: Zakład Narodowy imienia Ossolińskich, z zasiłkiem Sejmu Śląskiego [The Ossoliński National Institute: with the benefit of the Silesian Parliament], pages 9, 28:Iegosz pocløcza vsta pelna sø y gorzcosci, y lscy (dolo)- [Jegoż poklęcia usta pełna są i gorzkości, i lści (dolo)]
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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), “leść”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN