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Kashubian
Etymology
From roczny + -ica. Compare Polish rocznica.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /rɔt͡ʃˈɲi.t͡sa/
- Rhymes: -it͡sa
- Syllabification: rocz‧ni‧ca
Noun
rocznica f
- yearling (one-year-old animal)
- Synonym: (more common) roczniôk
Further reading
- Jan Trepczyk (1994) “roczniak”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes 1–2
- Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “roczniak”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi
Old Polish
Etymology
From roczny + -ica. First attested in the 15th century.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /rɔt͡ʃʲɲit͡sa/
- IPA(key): (15th CE) /rɔt͡ʃʲɲit͡sa/
Noun
rocznica f
- The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include:
- money launderer; perjurer
1856-1870 [15th century], Antoni Zygmunt Helcel, editor, Starodawne Prawa Polskiego Pomniki, volume VII, number 461:Iaszek de Sowlini dixisset, qud idem Nicolaus esset calumpniator et quod non esset maior vlg. rocznycza in tota terra Cracouiensi- [Jaszek de Sowliny dixisset, qud idem Nicolaus esset calumpniator et quod non esset maior vlg. rocznica in tota terra Cracouiensi]
Descendants
References
- Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “rok”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN
- Mańczak, Witold (2017) “rok”, in Polski słownik etymologiczny (in Polish), Kraków: Polska Akademia Umiejętności, →ISBN
- Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “rocznica”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
- 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), “rocznica”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN
Polish
Etymology
Possibly inherited from Old Polish rocznica. However, the word may have been reinnovated. By surface analysis, roczny + -ica. Compare Kashubian rocznica.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -it͡sa
- Syllabification: rocz‧ni‧ca
Noun
rocznica f (related adjective rocznicowy)
- anniversary (day that is an exact number of years (to the day) since a given significant event occurred)
- (Middle Polish) one-year anniversary ceremony of someone's death
- anniversary (celebration on and of such a day)
- (Middle Polish) female equivalent of roczniak (“yearling”) (one-year-old-animal)
- (obsolete) one-year-old heifer or hen
Declension
Further reading
- rocznica in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- rocznica in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “rocznica”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
- Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “rocznica”, in Słownik języka polskiego
- Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “rocznica”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
- J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1912), “rocznica”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 5, Warsaw, page 544
Silesian
Etymology
Possibly inherited from Old Polish rocznica. However, the word may have been reinnovated. By surface analysis, roczny + -ica.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /rɔt͡ʂˈɲi.t͡sa/
- Rhymes: -it͡sa
- Syllabification: rocz‧ni‧ca
Noun
rocznica f
- anniversary
Further reading
- rocznica in silling.org
- Bogdan Kallus (2020) “rocznica”, in Słownik Gōrnoślōnskij Gŏdki, IV edition, Chorzów: Pro Loquela Silesiana, →ISBN, page 142
- Henryk Jaroszewicz (2022) “rocznica”, in Zasady pisowni języka śląskiego (in Polish), Siedlce: Wydawnictwo Naukowe IKRBL, page 127