pokora
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See also: pokorą
Czech
Pronunciation
Noun
pokora f
Declension
Derived terms
Further reading
- “pokora”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “pokora”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “pokora”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)
Old Polish
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pokora. First attested in the 15th century
Pronunciation
Noun
pokora f
- (attested in Greater Poland) humility
- 1916 [second half of the 15th century], Stanisław Słoński, editor, Psałterz puławski, Greater Poland, page 108:
- Glos Yezukristow o Yudaszu... y Yudaszowy zloszczy warowacz szye, a Yezukrystowø pokorę naszlyadowacz
- [Głos Jezukrystow o Judaszu... i Judaszowy złości warować sie, a Jezukrystowę pokorę naśladować]
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (attested in Masovia) humiliation (public humiliation of a perpetrator, usually a murderer, and a request for forgiveness)
- 1895 [1448–1450], Mikołaj Suled, edited by Franciszek Piekosiński, Tłumaczenia polskie statutów ziemskich, Kodeks Świętosławów, Warka, page 92:
- Pokora za manzoboystwo slyachthy. Item gdi slyachczicz zabye slyachczycza, pyanczdzyesyant kop... zaplaczicz ma a pokoran... dlya sgladzenya nyeprziyasny... vczinicz ma
- [Pokora za mężobojstwo ślachty Item gdy ślachcic zabije ślachcica, pięćdziesiąt kop... zapłacić ma a pokorę... dla zgładzenia nieprzyjaźni... uczynić ma]
Further reading
- 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), “pokora”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN
Polish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Polish pokora.
Pronunciation
Noun
pokora f
Declension
Declension of pokora