służebnik

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Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish służebnik. By surface analysis, służebny +‎ -ik. Sense 1 is a semantic loan from Russian служе́бник (služébnik).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /swuˈʐɛb.ɲik/
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  • Rhymes: -ɛbɲik
  • Syllabification: słu‧żeb‧nik

Noun

służebnik m pers (female equivalent służebnica or służebniczka)

  1. (archaic) servant
    Synonyms: sługa, służący
  2. (obsolete) beadle
    Synonym: woźny sądowy

Declension

Noun

służebnik m inan (diminutive służebniczek)

  1. (Eastern Orthodoxy) missal
    Synonym: mszał

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Further reading

  • służebnik in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • służebnik in Polish dictionaries at PWN