włosienica

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See also: włosienicą

Old Polish

Etymology

From włosiany +‎ -ica. First attested in the middle of the 15th century.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

włosienica f

  1. hairshirt, cilice, bristle shirt, fur shirt, usually worn in self-mortification
    • Middle of the 15th century, Rozmyślanie o żywocie Pana Jezusa, page 736:
      Thy, dzyevko luda mego, opaschy szye ve vloszyenycza, czvsch zglem vloszyanym (accingere cilicio Jer 6, 26)
      [Ty, dziewko luda mego, opaszy sie we włosienicę, czusz zgłem włosianym (accingere cilicio Jer 6, 26)]

Descendants

  • Polish: włosienica

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), “włosienica”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

Polish

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Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish włosienica.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vwɔ.ɕɛˈɲi.t͡sa/
  • Rhymes: -it͡sa
  • Syllabification: wło‧sie‧ni‧ca

Noun

włosienica f

  1. (obsolete) Alternative form of włosiennica

Declension

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