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Old Polish
Etymology
From słza + -ny. Compare Old Czech slezný／sluzný. First attested in 1450.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /sɫɛznɨː/
- IPA(key): (15th CE) /sɫɛznɨ/
Adjective
słezny
- lachrymose, tearful
- Synonyms: płaczący, płaczliwy
1450, Hymn Salve Regina (Zdrowa krolewno miłosierdzia), number 8:K tobye wszdichamy lkayøcz y placzøc w them tho szleznem (SalveReg 1–2. 4–7. 9. 11. 13. 15–17. 19: szlesz, 3: lzym) padole (ad te suspiramus gementes et flentes in hac lacrimarum valle)- [K tobie wzdychamy łkając i płacząc w tem to słeznem (SalveReg 1–2. 4–7. 9. 11. 13. 15–17. 19: słez, 3: łzym) padole (ad te suspiramus gementes et flentes in hac lacrimarum valle)]
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), “(łezny) słezny”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN