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Old Polish
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
- (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]
- (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)]
- 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 [Old Polish-Latin Dictionaries and wordlists], 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)]
Descendants
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 [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN
Polish
Pronunciation
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)
- father-in-law (one's spouse's father)
- Synonym: (obsolete) świekier
Declension
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Back-formation from testosteron.
Noun
teść m animal
- (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