nietopyrz

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Old Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *netopyřь.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /ɲɛtɔpɨ(ː)r̝/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /ɲɛtɔpɨr̝/

Noun

nietopyrz m animacy unattested

  1. bat (any of the flying mammals of the order Chiroptera, usually small and nocturnal, insectivorous or frugivorous)
    • 1900 [1472], Józef Rostafiński, editor, Symbola ad historiam naturalem medii aevi = Średniowieczna historya naturalna w Polsce. Ps 2, number 1109:
      Netopyrz vespertilio
      [Nietopyrz vespertilio]

Descendants

  • Polish: nietoperz

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), “nietopyrz”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN