leność

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Old Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lěnostь. By surface analysis, leny +‎ -ość.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (10^th–15^th CE) /lʲɛnɔɕt͡ɕ/
IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /lʲɛnɔɕt͡ɕ/

Noun

leność f

laziness, sloth
Synonyms: gnustwo, gnuśnia, gnuśność, leniwość, leniwstwo, wytłoka
- 1880-1894 [Middle of the 15th century], Sprawozdania Komisji Językowej Akademii Umiejętności‎, volume V, page 266:
  Ut ita argueretur, skarana, ipsorum pigricia, lenoszcz
  [Ut ita argueretur, skarana, ipsorum pigricia, leność]

Related terms

adjective

leniwy

verb

lenić impf

Further reading

M. Arcta Słownik Staropolski/Leność 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), “leność”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

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