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Polish
Etymology
Deverbal from Old Polish namiecić, a dialectal form of naniecić (most likely a border dialect between Masovian and Greater Polish), with secondary nasalization, instead of the expected form *nanieta (compare podnieta).[1][2][3] First attested in 1535.[4]
Pronunciation
Noun
namięta f
- (Middle Polish) intense feeling
1535, Andrzej Glaber from Kobylin, Gadki z pisma wielkiego filozofa Arystotela, Krakow, page N3v:wſzakoż w cżłowiece vſpokoionim od takiey namięty nie mały bywa znak nacżele dobroci albo złoſci- [Wszakoż w człowiece wspokojonym od takiéj námięty nié mały bywa znak na czele dobroci albo złości.]
- After all in a person calmed down from such an attack the sign of goodness or badness on his forehead oft is not small.
1571, Pietro de' Crescenzi, Księgi o gospodarstwie, volume 2: O pomnożeniu i rozkrzewieniu wszelakich pożytków ksiąg dwojenaście, Krakow: Helena Ungler, page 474:cżłowieka cżyni pokornego iákoby báranek
zwłaſzcżá gdy go nákłádźie w pośćiel
tedy broni ćiáłu namięty- [Człowieka czyni pokorenego jakoby baranek
zwłaszcza gdy go nakładzie w pościel
tedy broni ciału namięty] - It makes a person humble as a lamb
especially when it will place him under a sheet
then it defends from the body of intense emotion.
Declension
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Derived terms
References
- ^ Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “namiętny”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN
- ^ Mańczak, Witold (2017) “namiętny”, in Polski słownik etymologiczny (in Polish), Kraków: Polska Akademia Umiejętności, →ISBN
- ^ Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “namięta”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
- ^ Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “namięta”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
Further reading