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Polish
Etymology
From poddać + -any. Compare Czech poddaný, English subject, French sujet, German Untertan, and Swedish undersåte.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɔdˈda.nɘ/
- Rhymes: -anɘ
- Syllabification: pod‧da‧ny
Noun
poddany m pers (female equivalent poddana)
- (nominalized) subject (citizen in a monarchy)
- (nominalized, historical) serf, carl (partially free peasant of a low hereditary class, attached like a slave to the land owned by a feudal lord and required to perform labour, enjoying minimal legal or customary rights)
- Synonym: chłop pańszczyźniany
Declension
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Participle
poddany (passive adjectival)
- masculine singular passive adjectival participle of poddać
Further reading
- poddany in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- poddany in Polish dictionaries at PWN