umowny

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See also: umówny

Old Polish

Etymology

From umowa +‎ -ny. First attested in 1471.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

umowny

  1. eloquent (fluently persuasive and articulate)
    • 1977-1980 [1471], Wanda Żurowska-Górecka, Vladimír Kyas, editors, Mamotrekty staropolskie, page 179:
      Vmowny (war. lub.: vymovni) disertus (ac primum de Isaia sciendum, quod in sermone suo disertus sit Is prol.)
      [Umowny (war. lub.: wymowny) disertus (ac primum de Isaia sciendum, quod in sermone suo disertus sit Is prol.)]
    • Middle of the 15th century, Rozmyślanie o żywocie Pana Jezusa, page 151:
      Iązyk yego (sc. Jesukrystusowy) vmovny a vyelebne movy (lingua fuit eloquens, dulcis et facunda)
      [Język jego (sc. Jesukrystusowy) umowny a wielebne mowy (lingua fuit eloquens, dulcis et facunda)]
  2. (of God) merciful; kind
    • Middle of the 15th century, Rozmyślanie o żywocie Pana Jezusa, page 37:
      Thy yesz sam nasvyątschy, thy yesz sam vmovny (tu solus es affabilis)
      [Ty jeś sam naświętszy, ty jeś sam umowny (tu solus es affabilis)]
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Descendants

  • Polish: umowny

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

Polish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish umowny. By surface analysis, umowa +‎ -ny.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /uˈmɔv.nɘ/
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  • Rhymes: -ɔvnɘ
  • Syllabification: u‧mow‧ny

Adjective

umowny (comparative bardziej umowny, superlative najbardziej umowny, derived adverb umownie)

  1. (relational, not comparable) contract; contractual
  2. (literary) imaginary, unreal

Declension

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