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Czech
Pronunciation
Noun
lichota f
- flattery
- Synonym: lichocení
Declension
Declension of lichota (hard feminine)
Further reading
- “lichota”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “lichota”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
Lower Sorbian
Etymology
Equivalent to lichy + -ota.
Noun
lichota f
- freedom, liberty
Further reading
- Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “lichota”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
- Starosta, Manfred (1999) “lichota”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag
Old Polish
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lixota. By surface analysis, lichy + -ota.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /lʲixɔta/
- IPA(key): (15th CE) /lʲixɔta/
Noun
lichota f
- (attested in Lesser Poland) misdeed
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 5, 6:Nenawidzal ies wszech, czso czinø lichotø (iniquitatem)- [Nienawidział ieś wszech, cso czynią lichotę (iniquitatem)]
- penury, poverty
1915 [15th century], Jan Łoś, editor, Przegląd językowych zabytków staropolskich do r. 1543, page 520:Lychota erumpna- [Lichota erumpna]
Descendants
Further reading
- 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), “lichota”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN
Polish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Polish lichota. By surface analysis, lichy + -ota.
Pronunciation
Noun
lichota f (diminutive lichotka)
- low quality or value of something; poor condition of something or someone
- something of low quality or value; something or someone in poor condition
Declension
Further reading