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Old Polish
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *nožь. First attested in 1396
Pronunciation
Noun
nóż m inan
- (attested in Greater Poland) knife
1960 [1396], Henryk Kowalewicz, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz, editors, Wielkopolskie roty sądowe XIV-XV wieku, Roty pyzdrskie, volume II, number 18, Pyzdry:Czso Przespraw vczinil Maczegewi, to vczinil za gego poczøtkem, isz nan przod nosza dobil- [Czso Przezpraw uczynił Maciejewi, to uczynił za jego początkiem, iż nań przod noża dobył]
Descendants
References
- 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), “nóż”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN
Polish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Polish nóż.
Pronunciation
Noun
nóż m inan (diminutive nożyk, augmentative nożysko, related adjective nożowy)
- knife (utensil or a tool designed for cutting, consisting of a flat piece of hard material, usually steel or other metal (the blade), usually sharpened on one edge, attached to a handle; the blade may be pointed for piercing)
- knife, dagger (weapon designed with the aforementioned specifications intended for slashing or stabbing but too short to be called a sword)
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Further reading
- nóż in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- nóż in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- nóż in PWN's encyclopedia