wykusz

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Old Polish

Etymology

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Pronunciation

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

Noun

wykusz m animacy unattested

  1. shooting range extending beyond a wall (part of a defensive structure in the form in the upper part of a defensive wall or defensive tower)
    • 1930 [c. 1455], “Jud”, in Ludwik Bernacki, editor, Biblia królowej Zofii (Biblia szaroszpatacka), 9, 51:
      [] a na strzesze wyeszney... wikusze (super turris tectum stantes per propugnacula)
      [ [] a na strzesze wieżnej... *wykusze (super turris tectum stantes per propugnacula)]
  2. (attested in Southern Borderlands) The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include:
    1. cottage; poorer house
      • 1892-1921 [1387], Aleksander Czołowski, Franciszek Jaworski, editors, Pomniki dziejowe Lwowa z archiwum miasta, , , , volume I, Lviv, page 85:
        Ex parte Thome braseatoris thugurium, quod *wychus vlg. nominatur, retro Martinum circa valuam iacentem, claudo Michaeli carnifici iuste vendicionis titulo libere resignauit
        [Ex parte Thome braseatoris thugurium, quod wykusz vlg. nominatur, retro Martinum circa valuam iacentem, claudo Michaeli carnifici iuste vendicionis titulo libere resignauit]

References

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Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish wykusz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvɨ.kuʂ/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɨkuʂ
  • Syllabification: wy‧kusz

Noun

wykusz m inan

  1. bay window

Declension

Further reading

  • wykusz in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • wykusz in Polish dictionaries at PWN