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Old Polish
Etymology
Univerbation of o + pole. First attested in 1257.
Pronunciation
Noun
opole n (related adjective opolny)
- province; duty (administrative division of a peasant population; certain public burdens and criminal liability borne jointly by such a population)
1874 [1257], Monumenta Medii Aevi Historica res gestas Poloniae illustrantia. Pomniki Dziejowe Wieków Średnich do objaśnienia rzeczy polskich służące, volume III, page 53:Strosa duarum prouinciarum, quod opole vlg. appellatur- [Strosa duarum prouinciarum, quod opole vlg. appellatur]
- (attested in Masovia) The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include:
- complex of goods in the hands of one owner
1955 [1480], “Uwagi o sprawie osadnictwa Równiny Praskiej w wiekach XI-XVI”, in Adam Wolff, editor, Kwartalnik Historii Kultury Materialnej, volume 3, number 2, Zakroczym, page 393:Jakom ja Mykolaya, slugy jego, na drodzye nye yal anym go do domu swego gwalthem samoosm vyothl, anym do gynego opola vydal- [Jakom ja Mikołaja, sługi jego, na drodze nie jął anim go do domu swego gwałtem samoośm wiodł, anim do jinego opola wydał]
- (attested in Greater Poland) province (representatives of the peasant population living in such a division, who took part in the delimitation of land holdings)
1967 [1417], Henryk Kowalewicz, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz, editors, Wielkopolskie roty sądowe XIV-XV wieku, Roty kościańskie, volume III, number 633, Kościan:Yaco przeto szedl do opola, ys go opole volalo, any cyego ginszego dla- [Jako prze to szedł do opola, iż go opole wołało, ani czego jinszego dla]
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “opole”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego (in Polish)
- 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), “opole”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN
Polish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Polish opole. By surface analysis, univerbation of o + pole.
Pronunciation
Noun
opole n (related adjective opolny or opolowy)
- (historical) A western Slavic administrative, judicial, and tax unit of territory containing roughly between 10 and 20 villages.
- (obsolete) tribute, services, or benefits provided by the population of such a division
- (obsolete) population of such a division
- (obsolete) land that is a transition from flat fields to elevated land (Is there an English equivalent to this definition?)
Declension
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Derived terms
References
- ^ “opole”, in Słownik gramatyczny języka polskiego, 2022
Further reading
- opole in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- opole in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “opole”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku
- Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “opole”, in Słownik języka polskiego
- Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “opole”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
- J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1904), “opole”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 3, Warsaw, page 807