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Old Polish
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *svatьba. By surface analysis, swatać + -ba.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /sfad͡ʑba/
- IPA(key): (15th CE) /sfad͡ʑba/
Noun
swadźba f
- wedding (marriage ceremony)
1930 [c. 1455], “Ruth”, in Ludwik Bernacki, editor, Biblia królowej Zofii (Biblia szaroszpatacka), 1, 13:Drzewyey bødzeta babye, nyszly swadzbi s nymy doczekacye (quam nubatis)- [Drzewiej będzieta babie, niżli swadźby s nimi doczekacie (quam nubatis)]
- wedding reception feast
1874-1891 [XV p. post.], Rozprawy i Sprawozdania z Posiedzeń Wydziału Filologicznego Akademii Umiejętności, , , volume I, page XXXIX:Trawyenye a szwadzby kosthowne (nuptiae sumptuosae) skoda bez vzythka- [Trawienie a swadźby kosztowne (nuptiae sumptuosae) szkoda bez użytka]
- The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include:
- marriage (relation of a wed couple)
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), “swadźba”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN