pojedynek
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Polish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Old Polish pojedzinek. By surface analysis, univerbation of po jedynemu + -ek.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɔ.jɛˈdɨ.nɛk/
- (Middle Polish) IPA(key): /pɔ.jɛˈdɨ.nɛk/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɨnɛk
- Syllabification: po‧je‧dy‧nek
Noun
pojedynek m inan (related adjective pojedynkowy)
- duel (arranged, regular combat between two private persons, often over a matter of honor)
- (historical) duel (battle between two knights)
- Synonym: harce
- (by extension) duel (battle or struggle between two contending persons, forces, groups or ideas) , , , or
- an old boar not in heat living away from its herd
- Synonym: odyniec
- (sports) clash (game between two sides)
- (obsolete) a peasant doing serfdom with one horse
- (Middle Polish) medium-sized lump of salt
- (Middle Polish) The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include:
- headband
- 1549, I. Kwilecka, editor, Brulion przekładu pierwszych trzech ksiąg Biblii pióra Tomasza ze Zbrudzewa, published 1971-1995, page Cant 4/3:
- Sicut vitta coccinea labia tua/ yako thoczenica Vel. yedvabnica: poyedzynek: Theſzmija [lege: taśma]: ranthvek: podvyka czyrvona
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- headband
Declension
Declension of pojedynek
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | pojedynek | pojedynki |
| genitive | pojedynku | pojedynków |
| dative | pojedynkowi | pojedynkom |
| accusative | pojedynek | pojedynki |
| instrumental | pojedynkiem | pojedynkami |
| locative | pojedynku | pojedynkach |
| vocative | pojedynku | pojedynki |
Derived terms
adverbs
verbs
- pojedynkować impf
References
- ^ Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “pojedynczy”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN
- ^ Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “pojedynek”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
Further reading
- pojedynek in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- pojedynek in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “pojedynek”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
- Paweł Kupiszewski (21.02.2019) “POJEDYNEK”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]
- Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “pojedynek”, in Słownik języka polskiego
- Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “pojedynek”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
- A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1908), “pojedynek”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 4, Warsaw, page 482