mosiądz

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Old Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mosędzь. First attested in the fifteenth century.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

mosiądz m animacy unattested (related adjective mosiądzowy or mosiężny)

  1. (attested in Greater Poland) brass (alloy of copper and zinc)
    • 1885-2024 [Fifteenth century], Jan Baudouina de Courtenay, Jan Karłowicz, Antoni Adam Kryńskiego, Malinowski Lucjan, editors, Prace Filologiczne, volume V, page 28:
      Mossyącz electrum
      [Mosiądz electrum]
    • 1440, rękopiśmienne ekscerpty - glosy z rozariusza z rękopisu znajdującego się w zbiorach Biblioteki Klasztornej oo. Paulinów na Jasnej Górze pod sygn. II 25 z r. 1444, page 82v:
      Electrum est ferrum cuius tercia pars est auris et due partes argentee proprie moszacz
      [Electrum est ferrum cuius tercia pars est auris et due partes argentee proprie mosiądz]
    • 1442, Wokabularz Raczyńskich, Biblioteki Raczyńskich w Poznaniu, sygn. 1360/I, page 47r:
      Auricalcum uel auricalcon est genus metalli simile auro vlg. *moszyczcz et dicitur ab aurum et calcon malum quasi aurum aureum habens colorem sed non valorem quia est fex auri uel est cuprum purificatum
      [Auricalcum uel auricalcon est genus metalli simile auro vlg. *mosiądz et dicitur ab aurum et calcon malum quasi aurum aureum habens colorem sed non valorem quia est fex auri uel est cuprum purificatum]
    • c. 1500, Wokabularz lubiński, Lubiń: inkunabuł Archiwum Archidiecezjalnego w Gnieźnie, sygn. Inc. 78d., page 82v:
      Decem sunt nomina metallorum videlicet [] oricalcum moszyadz
      [Decem sunt nomina metallorum videlicet [] oricalcum mosiądz]

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Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish mosiądz.

Pronunciation

 
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  • Rhymes: -ɔɕɔnt͡s
  • Syllabification: mo‧siądz

Noun

mosiądz m inan (related adjective mosiężny)

  1. brass (alloy of copper and zinc)
  2. brassware

Declension

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