przestrzeństwo

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Polish

Etymology

Uncertain. Perhaps from unattested *przestrzenie + -stwo (compare rozpostrzenie) instead of expected *przestroństwo, from przestrony.[1] First attested in 1541.[2]

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): /pʂɛˈstʂɛɲ.stfɔ/
  • (Middle Polish) IPA(key): (16th c.) /pr̝ɛˈstr̝ɛɲ.stfɔ/, (17th–18th c.) /pʂɛˈstʂɛɲ.stfɔ/
  • Rhymes: -ɛɲstfɔ
  • Syllabification: prze‧strzeń‧stwo

Noun

przestrzeństwo n

  1. (obsolete) Synonym of przestrzeń (space)
    1. (Middle Polish) freedom, liberation; deliverance
    2. (Middle Polish) broad, unlimited power
    3. (Middle Polish) ease, comfort
    4. (Middle Polish) affluence (ability to spend large sums of money)
    5. (Middle Polish) free movement (ability to go by vehicle somewhere without restriction)
    6. (Middle Polish) devastation, thinning

Declension

References

  1. ^ Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “przestrzeństwo”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
  2. ^ Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “przestrzeństwo”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]

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