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Old Polish
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *plavati.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /pɫavat͡ɕ/
- IPA(key): (15th CE) /pɫavat͡ɕ/
Verb
pławać impf
- to swim, to sail
1901 [1471], Materiały i Prace Komisji Językowej Akademii Umiejętności w Krakowie, volume V, page 8:Plawal ferebatur (porro arca ferebatur super aquas Gen 7, 18)- [Pławał ferebatur (porro arca ferebatur super aquas Gen 7, 18)]
- (figuratively) to waver, to hesitate
1901 [1471], Materiały i Prace Komisji Językowej Akademii Umiejętności w Krakowie, volume V, page 129:Fluctuantes, plavayuncze, uel instabiles (ut iam non simus parvuli fluctuantes et circumferamur omni vento doctrinae in nequitia hominum Eph 4, 14)- [Fluctuantes, pławające, uel instabiles (ut iam non simus parvuli fluctuantes et circumferamur omni vento doctrinae in nequitia hominum Eph 4, 14)]
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), “pławać”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN