żadny

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See also: žádný, żądny, and zádnÿ

Old Polish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Uncertain. Perhaps a reduction of *ni *že *edinъ (not one), or possibly from żędać +‎ -ny, with constructions such as nie było tam żądnego człowieka (lit. “the wanted person was not there”) being reinterpreted as “no person was there”, where the form with -a would have been the result of Old Czech influence, making żądny native.[1] First attested in the 14th century. Compare Old Czech žádný.

Pronunciation

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

Pronoun

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żadny

  1. none, not one, nary a one
    Synonyms: mały, niżadny, niżądny
  2. no one, nobody
    Synonyms: nikt, niżadny, niżądny

Descendants

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References

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  1. ^ Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “żadny”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN

Polish

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Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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żadny

  1. Middle Polish form of żaden

References

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  • Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “1. żadny”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]