plęsać

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See also: plesač

Old Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *plęsati.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /plʲæ̃sat͡ɕ/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /plʲæ̃sat͡ɕ/

Verb

plęsać impf

  1. (attested in Silesia) to clap (to tap one's hands together)
    • 1874-1891 [1448], Rozprawy i Sprawozdania z Posiedzeń Wydziału Filologicznego Akademii Umiejętności, , , volume XXIV, Częstochowa, page 352:
      Pląsszącz plaudendo
      [Pląsząc plaudendo]
  2. (attested in Pomerania, Greater Poland) to bounce
    Synonym: podskakać
    • 1874-1891 [15th century], Rozprawy i Sprawozdania z Posiedzeń Wydziału Filologicznego Akademii Umiejętności, , , volume XXIV, Grochów, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, Kcynia, page 60:
      Factum est, ut audiuit salutationem Marie, exultauit, pløsalo, infans (Luc 1, 41)
      [Factum est, ut audiuit salutationem Marie, exultauit, pląsało, infans (Luc 1, 41)]
  3. (attested in Lesser Poland, Greater Poland) to dance
    • 1876-1929 [c. 1455], Vatroslav Jagić, editor, Archiv für slavische Philologie, volume XIV, Miechów, Kruchowo, page 495:
      *Plaszancz tripudiare
      [Plęsa[n]ć tripudiare]

Descendants

  • Polish: pląsać

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