plesz

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Old Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *plěšь.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

plesz f

  1. (Christianity) tonsure
    • 1885-2024 [XV p. post.], Jan Baudouina de Courtenay, Jan Karłowicz, Antoni Adam Kryńskiego, Malinowski Lucjan, editors, Prace Filologiczne, volume V, page 9:
      Plesz plata
      [Plesz plata]

Descendants

  • Polish: (obsolete) plesz

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