łóżko

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See also: łózko, łóżkò, and łōżko

Old Polish

Etymology

From łoże +‎ -ko. First attested in the 14th century.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

łóżko n

  1. diminutive of łoże (bed) (piece of furniture, usually flat and soft, on which to rest or sleep)
    • c. 1301-1350, Kazania świętokrzyskie, Miechów, page br 34:
      Offerebant ei, inquit, paraliticum iacentem in lecto... Cso nam pres togo nemochnego, na lozcu lezøcego znamona?
      [Offerebant ei, inquit, paraliticum iacentem in lecto... Cso nam przez togo niemocnego, na łożku leżącego znamiona?]

Descendants

  • Polish: łóżko
  • Silesian: łōżko

References

  • Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “łoże”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN
  • Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “łóżko”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
  • Sławski, Franciszek (1958-1965) “łóżko”, in Jan Safarewicz, Andrzej Siudut, editors, Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological dictionary of the Polish language] (in Polish), Kraków: Towarzystwo Miłośników Języka Polskiego
  • 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), “łóżko”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

Polish

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łóżko

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish łóżko. By surface analysis, łoże +‎ -ko. Compare Czech lůžko and Kashubian łóżkò.

Pronunciation

 
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  • Rhymes: -uʂkɔ
  • Syllabification: łóż‧ko

Noun

łóżko n (diminutive łóżeczko, related adjective łóżkowy)

  1. bed (piece of furniture, usually flat and soft, on which to rest or sleep)
    Synonym: wyro
    łóżko polowecamp bed/cot
  2. bed (place for a customer or client to lay down)
    łóżko opalającesun tanning bed
  3. (administrative) bed (place for one person in a hospital or hotel)
  4. (colloquial, figurative) bed (sexual activity)
    Synonyms: pożycie, seks, stosunek
  5. (anatomy, Middle Polish) placenta
    Synonym: łożysko

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