zełw

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See also: żełw

Old Polish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *zъly.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /zɛɫfʲ/, /sɛɫfʲ/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /zɛɫfʲ/, /sɛɫfʲ/

Noun

zełw f

  1. (attested in Greater Poland, Sieradz-Łęczyca) daughter-in-law
    • 1977-1980 [c. 1470], urowska-Górowska Wanda, Kyas Vladimir, editors, Mamotrekty staropolskie, , , Lubin, page 227:
      Nurus slew (socer nurum suam polluit nefarie Ezech 22, 11)
      [Nurus słew (socer nurum suam polluit nefarie Ezech 22, 11)]
    • 1897 [1387], Teki Adolfa Pawińskiego, volume III, number 435, Łęczyca Land:
      Filia Wlodimiri... habet terminum cum suis zeluami infra duas septimanas et constituit suum patrem procuratorem
      [Filia Wlodimiri... habet terminum cum suis zełwiami infra duas septimanas et constituit suum patrem procuratorem]
  2. (attested in Masovia, Sieradz-Łęczyca) sister-in-law
    • [1478], Adam Wolff, editor, Rękopiśmienne ekscerpty Adama Wolffa pochodzące z mazowieckich ksiąg sądowych, Kolno County, pages 2, 282:
      Cum sua levira al. zelwya
      [Cum sua levira al. z zełwią]
    • 1897 [1387], Teki Adolfa Pawińskiego, volume III, number 435, Łęczyca Land:
      Filia Wlodimiri... habet terminum cum suis zeluami infra duas septimanas et constituit suum patrem procuratorem
      [Filia Wlodimiri... habet terminum cum suis zełwiami infra duas septimanas et constituit suum patrem procuratorem]

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