modła

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See also: modla, modlą, and modłą

Polish

Pronunciation

 
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  • Rhymes: -ɔdwa
  • Syllabification: mo‧dła

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Polish modła, from Proto-Slavic *modla. By surface analysis, deverbal from modlić się.

Noun

modła f

  1. (dated) prayer
    Synonym: modlitwa
  2. (dated) idol (graven image)
    Synonym: bałwan
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adjectives
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Etymology 2

Borrowed from Czech.[1] Doublet of model and moduł.

Noun

modła f

  1. (obsolete) model, pattern
    Synonyms: model, wzór, wzorzec
    Alternative form: (dialectal) modło
Declension

References

  1. ^ Brückner, Aleksander (1927) “moda”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna

Further reading

  • modła in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Wanda Decyk-Zięba, editor (2018-2022), “modły”, in Dydaktyczny Słownik Etymologiczno-historyczny Języka Polskiego [A Didactic, Historical, Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), →ISBN
  • Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “modła”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
  • Brückner, Aleksander (1927) “modła”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna