teść

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Old Polish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *tьstь, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *teḱ- (to sire, beget).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

teść m animacy unattested

  1. (attested in Masovia) father-in-law (one's wife's father)
    • 1920 [1436], Marceli Handelsman, Antoni Rybarski, Kazimierz Tymieniecki, editors, Najdawniejsze księgi sądowe mazowieckie, volume III, number 2187, Zakroczym:
      Iakom ia than vmowa myal s mim czczem
      [Jakom ja tę umowę miał s mym ćciem]
  2. (attested in Greater Poland) father-in-law (one's husband's father)
    Synonyms: świekier, zięć
    • 1977-1980 [c. 1470], urowska-Górowska Wanda, Kyas Vladimir, editors, Mamotrekty staropolskie, , , Lubin, page 227:
      Czyescz socer (socer nurum suam polluit nefarie Ezech 22, 11)
      [Cieść socer (socer nurum suam polluit nefarie Ezech 22, 11)]
  3. father-in-law (one's husband's or wife's father, or another in-law or relative)
    • 1901 [c. 1460], Materiały i Prace Komisji Językowej Akademii Umiejętności w Krakowie, volume II, page 379:
      Czescz socer
      [Cieść socer]
    • 1977-1980 [1471], Wanda Żurowska-Górecka, Vladimír Kyas, editors, Mamotrekty staropolskie, page 172:
      Ze czciem cum socero (noli consiliari cum eo, var.: cum socero tuo, qui tibi insidiatur Ecclus 37, 7)
      [Ze ćciem cum socero (noli consiliari cum eo, var.: cum socero tuo, qui tibi insidiatur Ecclus 37, 7)]
noun

Descendants

  • Polish: teść

Further reading

  • 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), “teść, cieść”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɛɕt͡ɕ/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛɕt͡ɕ
  • Syllabification: teść

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Polish cieść, from Proto-Slavic *tьstь. Perhaps a doublet of cieć.

Noun

teść m pers (female equivalent teściowa or (obsolete) teścina, diminutive teściunio, related adjective (rare) teściowy)

  1. father-in-law (one's spouse's father)
    Synonym: (obsolete) świekier
Declension
Derived terms
noun
noun

Etymology 2

Back-formation from testosteron.

Noun

teść m animal

  1. (humorous, slang, biochemistry, steroids) test, testosterone (steroid hormone)
    Synonym: testosteron
Declension

Further reading

  • teść in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • teść in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • teść at Obserwatorium językowe Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego