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Kashubian
Etymology
Borrowed from Polish wnet.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈvnɛt/
- Rhymes: -ɛt
- Syllabification: wnet
Adverb
wnet (not comparable)
- soon (within a short time)
2014, Pomerania, number 1, Gdańsk: Zrzeszenie Kaszubsko-Pomorskie, page 35:Wnet pòkôzałë sã górczi z malownymakamiznama saksońsczi Szwajcarii i òprzepôłnim cuch zatrzimół sã na môłim banowiszczu.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- almost
2014, Pomerania, number 1, Gdańsk: Zrzeszenie Kaszubsko-Pomorskie, page 75:Na zdrzadni bëło wnet sto słëchińców z rozmajitëch strzodowiszczów i pòkòleniów.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Further reading
- “wnet”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022
Old Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Czech ihned, inhed. First attested in 1498. Doublet of inedy.
Pronunciation
Adverb
wnet (not comparable)
- soon (within a short time)
1858 [1498], Wacław Aleksander Maciejowski, editor, Historia prawodawstw słowiańskich, 2 edition, volume VI, page 272:Ys on, komv sią gwalth sthal, ma wneth obiawycz y oskarzicz onego gwalthownyka- [Iż on, komu się gwałt stał, ma wnet objawić i oskarżyć onego gwałtownika]
Descendants
References
- Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “wnet”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN
- 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), “wnet”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN
Polish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Polish wnet. Doublet of inegdy (“elsewhen”). Cognate with Czech hned.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈvnɛt/
- Rhymes: -ɛt
- Syllabification: wnet
Adverb
wnet (not comparable)
- (literary) shortly, soon
- Synonyms: niebawem, wkrótce, zaraz
Descendants
Further reading
- wnet in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- wnet in Polish dictionaries at PWN