możność

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Old Polish

Etymology

From możny +‎ -ość. First attested in c. 1500.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

możność f

  1. power (properties allowing one to exert their will)
    • 1874-1891 [c. 1500], Rozprawy i Sprawozdania z Posiedzeń Wydziału Filologicznego Akademii Umiejętności, , , volume XLVII, page 372:
      Nota, quod ista opportunitas non fuit ex mera voluntate, nec etc. id est nye sz mosznoscy, sed ex amore nostro
      [Nota, quod ista opportunitas non fuit ex mera voluntate, nec etc. id est nie z możności, sed ex amore nostro]

References

  • Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “możność”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
  • 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), “możność”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

Polish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish możność. By surface analysis, możny +‎ -ość. Compare Kashubian mòżnosc, Czech možnost, and Macedonian можност (možnost).

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): /ˈmɔʐ.nɔɕt͡ɕ/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔʐnɔɕt͡ɕ
  • Syllabification: moż‧ność

Noun

możność f

  1. (literary) possibility, opportunity (the fact that someone can do something)
    Synonym: możliwość
    Antonym: niemożność
  2. (philosophy) potentiality (possibility or capacity to be something, as opposed to an actuality describing what something actually is at present)
    Synonym: potencja
  3. (archaic) power, might
    Synonym: potęga
    1. (Middle Polish) advantage (superiority of state, or that which gives it)
      Synonym: przewaga
    2. (Middle Polish, military) armed forces; military
      Synonyms: siła zbrojna, wojsko
    3. (Middle Polish) reinforcement; defense
    4. (Middle Polish) extraordinary ways, spells, arcane forces
    5. (Middle Polish) people with power and the ability to control or scare others; supernatural beings; forces of nature
  4. (archaic) wealthiness, affluence
  5. (obsolete) grandeur, majesty
  6. (Middle Polish) large amount or multitude of something; high impact, effectiveness
  7. (Middle Polish, law) legal force, validity, official recognition
    Synonym: ważność
  8. (Middle Polish) power; Further details are uncertain.
    • 1528, F. Mymer, Dictionarium, page 34:
      Potestas. Macht. Możnoſc.
      [Potestas. Macht. Możność.]
    • 1588, A. Calepinus, Dictionarium decem linguarum, page 1129a.:
      Vis ‒ Moc, możnoſc.
      [Vis ‒ Moc, możność.]

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