nóż

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See also: noz, nož, nōz, and nôž

Old Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *nožь. First attested in 1396

Pronunciation

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

Noun

nóż m inan

  1. (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

  • Polish: nóż

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

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Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish nóż.

Pronunciation

Noun

nóż m inan (diminutive nożyk, augmentative nożysko, related adjective nożowy)

  1. 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)
  2. 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