słza

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Old Polish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *slьza.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

słza f

  1. (attested in Lesser Poland) tear (drop of liquid produced by the eye)
    • c. 1301-1350, Kazania świętokrzyskie, Miechów, page cr 17:
      S taynego sircha [strumienie gor]skih slez za grehi uilige
      [Z tajnego sirca [strumienie gor]skich słez za grzechy wylije]
    • 1930 [c. 1455], “Jer”, in Ludwik Bernacki, editor, Biblia królowej Zofii (Biblia szaroszpatacka), 13, 17:
      Wiwyedze oko me lzø (lacrimam), bo iøto gest stado *bøsze
      [Wywiedzie oko me łzę (lacrimam), bo jęto jest stado boże]

Derived terms

nouns

Descendants

  • Polish: łza, śloza, zła (Przemyśl)

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), “łza, słza”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN