pomocnik

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See also: pomocník and pomoćnik

Old Polish

Etymology

From pomoc +‎ -nik. First attested in the end of the 14th century.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

pomocnik m pers (female equivalent pomocnica)

  1. helper
    • 1885-2024 [Fifteenth century], Jan Baudouina de Courtenay, Jan Karłowicz, Antoni Adam Kryńskiego, Malinowski Lucjan, editors, Prace Filologiczne, volume III, page 180:
      Bąndz my pomocznikiem w moych *potrebach esto mihi socius in negotio!
      [Bądź mi pomocnikiem w moich potrzebach esto mihi socius in negotio!]

Descendants

  • Polish: pomocnik

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

Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish pomocnik. By surface analysis, pomoc +‎ -nik.

Pronunciation

 
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  • Rhymes: -ɔt͡sɲik
  • Syllabification: po‧moc‧nik

Noun

pomocnik m pers (female equivalent pomocnica or pomocniczka)

  1. helper, aid, assistant, facilitator
    Synonyms: (Middle Polish) adiunkt, (Middle Polish) adiutant, asystent, (obsolete) pomagacz, pomagier
  2. (soccer) midfielder
  3. (obsolete) guardian, protector
    Synonyms: opiekun, protektor

Declension

Noun

pomocnik m inan

  1. (archaic) type of dresser
    Hypernym: kredens

Declension

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