włość
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Polish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Polish włość, from Proto-Slavic *vȏlstь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *walˀstís, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wolh₁dʰh₁-ti-s, from *h₂welh₁dʰh₁-, from *h₂welh₁- (“to rule”). Doublet of właść and wołość.
Pronunciation
Noun
włość f
- (dated) estate, manor
- (dated) acres (chiefly in plural)
- (dated, feudalism) demesne, domain
- Synonym: właść
Declension
Declension of włość
Derived terms
nouns
Related terms
adjective
Further reading
- włość in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- włość in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “WŁOŚĆ”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
- Marek Kunicki-Goldfinger (14.03.2023) “WŁOŚĆ”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]
- Brückner, Aleksander (1927) “władać”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna