przemowa

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Old Polish

Etymology

Deverbal from przemówić. First attested in the fifteenth century.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

przemowa f

  1. utterance said when reciting a charm
    • 1874-1891 [Fifteenth century], Rozprawy i Sprawozdania z Posiedzeń Wydziału Filologicznego Akademii Umiejętności, volume XXIV, page 375:
      Percantatores, id est zaclinacze vel lekowniczy, czszo *przemowmy nyemoczy lekugya
      [Percantatores, id est zaklinacze vel lekownicy, cso przemow[a]mi niemocy lekują]
  2. proverb
    • Middle of the 15th century, Rozmyślanie o żywocie Pana Jezusa, page 547:
      Dobrze yemv by bylo, by szye byl nye narodzyl, podlug pospolney przemovy: lyepyey by nye bycz, nyzly by slye bycz (vel usualiter dictum est: melius esset ei non esse, quam male esse)
      [Dobrze jemu by było, by sie był nie narodził, podług pospolnej przemowy: lepiej by nie być, niżliby źle być (vel usualiter dictum est: melius esset ei non esse, quam male esse)]

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Descendants

  • Polish: przemowa

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Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish przemowa. By surface analysis, deverbal from przemówić.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pʂɛˈmɔ.va/
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  • Rhymes: -ɔva
  • Syllabification: prze‧mo‧wa

Noun

przemowa f

  1. address, discourse, harangue (formal lengthy spoken exposition of some subject)
    Synonyms: mowa, przemówienie
  2. (obsolete) forward, preface
    Synonym: przedmowa

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