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Old Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Czech lháč.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /lʲxa(ː)t͡ʃ/
- IPA(key): (15th CE) /lʲxat͡ʃ/, /lʲxɒt͡ʃ/
Noun
lhacz m animacy unattested
- (attested in Lesser Poland) liar (one who tells lies)
- Synonyms: fałesznik, fałszerz, łeż, łgarz, matacz, szczekacz
1950 [ca 1425], Jan Janów, editor, Najstarsze szczątki ewangeliarza polskiego, Krakow, page 42:Pakly rzku, ne z[n]agø gego, bødø podoben wam lhacz (ero similis vobis, mendax Jo 8, 55)- [Pakli rzku, nie z[n]aję jego, będę podobien wam lhacz (ero similis vobis, mendax Jo 8, 55)]
Descendants
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), “(łgacz) lhacz”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN
Polish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Polish lhacz.
Pronunciation
Noun
lhacz m pers
- (Middle Polish) liar (one who tells lies)
- Synonyms: kłamca, (Middle Polish) łeż, łgarz
References
- Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “lhacz”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku