szłom

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See also: szłóm

Old Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *šelmъ.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

szłom m ?

  1. helmet

Polish

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szłom

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʂwɔm/
  • Rhymes: -ɔm
  • Syllabification: szłom

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Polish szłom. Doublet of hełm.

Noun

szłom m inan

  1. (obsolete) helmet (hard, protective head covering, typically part of armour)
    Synonym: hełm
  2. (historical, obsolete) lobster-tailed pot, zischägge (European combat helmet, worn especially from the 1600s into the 1700s, consisting of a rounded skull-piece, often cheek guards and a nasal or face-guard, and a laminated defence (or single plate ridged to imitate lames) to protect the back of the neck that resembled a lobster's tail)
    Synonym: szyszak
Declension

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

szłom

  1. first-person singular neuter past of iść

Further reading

  • szłom in Polish dictionaries at PWN