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Kashubian
Etymology
Univerbation of za + nim. Compare Polish zanim.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈza.ɲim/
- Rhymes: -aɲim
- Syllabification: za‧nim
Conjunction
zanim
- before (earlier than the time when)
- Synonym: nim
Further reading
- Sychta, Bernard (1973) “zańim”, in Słownik gwar kaszubskich [Dictionary of Kashubian dialects] (in Polish), volumes 6 (U – Ž), Wrocław: Ossolineum, page 182
- Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “zanim”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi
- “zanim”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022
Polish
Etymology
Univerbation of za + nim. First attested in 1612.[1] Compare Kashubian zanim and Silesian zanim.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -aɲim
- Syllabification: za‧nim
Conjunction
zanim
- before (earlier than the time when)
- Synonym: nim
- Antonyms: dopóki nie, póki nie
Usage notes
Combined forms for this word are uncommon and often formed for stylization.
Declension
References
- ^ Szymon Wysocki, transl. (1612), Wielkie zwierciadło przykładow Więcey niźli z ośmidźieśiąt Autorow, poboznośćią, náuką, y stárowiecznośćią przezacnych: ták że z rozmáitych Historiy, Tráktatow, y kśiążek wyięte, przez iednego niemiánowánego, ktory żył około Roku Páńskiego 1480. (in Polish), page 169(268)
Further reading
- zanim in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- zanim in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “zanim”, in Słownik języka polskiego
- Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “zanim”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
- J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1927), “zanim”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 8, Warsaw, page 194
Silesian
Etymology
Univerbation of za + nim. Compare Polish zanim.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈza.ɲim/
- Rhymes: -aɲim
- Syllabification: za‧nim
Conjunction
zanim
- before (earlier than the time when)
- Synonyms: (Cieszyn) pokiyl, podwiel, zaczym, (dated) zaim, zatym
Further reading
- zanim in silling.org
- Henryk Jaroszewicz (2022) “zanim”, in Zasady pisowni języka śląskiego (in Polish), Siedlce: Wydawnictwo Naukowe IKRBL, page 160