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Old Polish
Etymology
Deverbal from nie mówić. First attested in 1414.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /ɲɛmɔva/
- IPA(key): (15th CE) /ɲɛmɔva/
Noun
niemowa f
- (attested in Greater Poland) muteness
1981-2001 [1414], Elżbieta Belcarzowa, editor, Glosy polskie w łacińskich kazaniach średniowiecznych, volume IV, Koźmin Wielkopolski, Słupia, page 36:Verecundia illa regnat in corde, ut homo debite non exprimat peccata et hec mutitas, nyemowa, aliquando provenit ex pudore- [Verecundia illa regnat in corde, ut homo debite non exprimat peccata et hec mutitas, niemowa, aliquando provenit ex pudore]
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), “niemowa”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN
Polish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Polish niemowa. By surface analysis, deverbal from nie mówić.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɔva
- Syllabification: nie‧mo‧wa
Noun
niemowa f
- (Middle Polish) muteness
- Synonym: niemota
Declension
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Noun
niemowa m pers or f
- mute (non-speaking person)
- Synonyms: (masculine) niemy, (feminine) niema
- (by extension) taciturn person
Declension
Masculine declension:
Feminine declension:
Further reading
- niemowa in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- niemowa in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “niemowa”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]