spowiednik

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Old Polish

Etymology

From spowiedzieć +‎ -nik. First attested in 1454.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

spowiednik m animacy unattested

  1. (Christianity) follower of Christ
    • 1877-1881 [1454], Władysław Wisłocki, editor, Katalog rękopisów Biblioteki Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, number 323:
      O, day tho yemu, vyelky panye, na proszba y zasluga thwego milego spovyednyka Iarnoltha!
      [O, daj to jemu, wielki Panie, na prośbę i zasługę twego miłego spowiednika Jarnołta!]

Derived terms

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Descendants

  • Polish: spowiednik

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

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Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish spowiednik. By surface analysis, spowiedzieć +‎ -nik.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /spɔˈvjɛd.ɲik/
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  • Rhymes: -ɛdɲik
  • Syllabification: spo‧wied‧nik

Noun

spowiednik m pers (female equivalent spowiedniczka)

  1. (Roman Catholicism) confessor (priest who hears confession and then gives absolution)
  2. (figuratively) confidant (person in whom one can confide or share one's secrets)

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