więzienie

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See also: wiezienie

Old Polish

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vęzenьje. By surface analysis, więzić +‎ -enie with a secondary shift of *więżenie > więzienie. First attested in the 15th centeury.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

więzienie n

  1. captivity; custody; incarceration (state of not having freedom)
    • 1930 [c. 1455], “Deut”, in Ludwik Bernacki, editor, Biblia królowej Zofii (Biblia szaroszpatacka), 30, 3:
      Nawroczi czø pan bog twoy z wyøzenya twego (reducet... captivitatem tuam) a slvtvge syø nad tobø
      [Nawroci cię Pan Bog twoj z więzienia twego (reducet... captivitatem tuam) a slutuje się nad tobą]
Descendants
  • Polish: więzienie

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) First attested in c. 1455.

Pronunciation

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

Adverb

więzienie

  1. (attested in Lesser Poland, Greater Poland) astringently; in a hardening way
    • 1876-1929 [c. 1455], Vatroslav Jagić, editor, Archiv für slavische Philologie, volume XIV, Miechów, Kruchowo, page 495:
      Vyeszenye stiptice
      [Więzienie stiptice]

References

Polish

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Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish więzienie (noun). By surface analysis, więzić +‎ -enie.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vjɛɲˈʑɛ.ɲɛ/
  • (Middle Polish) IPA(key): /vjɛ̃ˈʑɛ.ɲe/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛɲɛ
  • Syllabification: wię‧zie‧nie

Noun

więzienie n (related adjective więzienny)

  1. (uncountable) verbal noun of więzić; imprisonment (legal punishment of denial of freedom)
  2. (uncountable) imprisonment (legal punishment of denial of freedom)
  3. (countable) jail, prison (place of long-term confinement for those convicted of serious crimes)
    Synonyms: ciupa, koza, kryminał, mamer, paka, pierdel, pudło, zakład karny

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