mowny

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Old Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mъlvьnъ. By surface analysis, mowa +‎ -ny. First attested in the fifteenth century.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

mowny

  1. eloquent; talkative (able to speak much and easily)
    • 1882 [Fifteenth century], Emil Kałużniacki, editor, Kleinere altpolnische Texte aus Handschriften des XV. und des Anfangs des XVI. Jahrhunderts‎, page 275:
      Mowny loquax XV p. post,
      [Mowny loquax]
  2. talkative (talking a lot in general)
    • 1885 [Fifteenth century], Jan Baudouina de Courtenay, Jan Karłowicz, Antoni Adam Kryńskiego, Malinowski Lucjan, editors, Prace Filologiczne‎, volume III, page 289:
      Si cupias pacem, lingwam, mowny gezyky, compesce loquacem
      [Si cupias pacem, lingwam, mowny języki, compesce loquacem]
  3. wordy, verbose
    • 1876 [Fifteenth century], Vatroslav Jagić, editor, Archiv für slavische Philologie‎, volume XIV, page 485:
      Wyobraza mowna rzecz depingitur verbositas
      [Wyobraża mowną rzecz depingitur verbositas]

Descendants

  • Polish: mowny

References

Polish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish mowny. By surface analysis, mowa +‎ -ny.

Pronunciation

Adjective

mowny (comparative mowniejszy, superlative najmowniejszy, derived adverb mownie)

  1. (colloquial) eloquent, talkative, loquacious
    Synonyms: wygadany, wymowny
  2. (dated, literary) spoken, speaking

Declension

Declension of mowny (hard)
singular plural
masculine animate masculine inanimate feminine neuter virile (= masculine personal) non-virile
nominative mowny mowna mowne mowni mowne
genitive mownego mownej mownego mownych
dative mownemu mownej mownemu mownym
accusative mownego mowny mowną mowne mownych mowne
instrumental mownym mowną mownym mownymi
locative mownym mownej mownym mownych

Derived terms

noun

Related terms

adjectives
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References

Further reading

  • mowny in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “mowny”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
  • Ewa Rodek (29.03.2023) “MOWNY”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]
  • Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “mowny”, in Słownik języka polskiego‎
  • Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “mowny”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861‎
  • J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1902), “mowny”, in Słownik języka polskiego‎ (in Polish), volume 2, Warsaw, page 1052
  • mowny in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego
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