bełt
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Old Polish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Deverbal from *bełtać (“to stir”) with a semantic shift cause by a similar shape of the object used for stirring. First attested in 1422.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]bełt m inan
- (attested in Greater Poland) arrow; shot
- 1878-1889 [1422], Archiwum Komisji Historycznej[2], volume III, Greater Poland, page 326:
- S clenotu a s sawolanya Bolczew, czsso nossą trzy belty na sczycze
- [Z klenotu a z zawołania Bolcew, czso noszą trzy bełty na szczycie]
- crossbow
- 1885-2024 [1425], Jan Baudouina de Courtenay, Jan Karłowicz, Antoni Adam Kryńskiego, Malinowski Lucjan, editors, Prace Filologiczne[3], volume V, page 33:
- Be[l]th katapulta
- [Bełt katapulta]
Descendants
[edit]- Polish: bełt
References
[edit]- Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “bełtać”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN
- Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “bełt”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
- 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), “bełt”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN
Polish
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Inherited from Old Polish bełt. By surface analysis, deverbal from bełtać (“to stir”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]bełt m inan or m animal
- (archery) nock (base of an arrow in which feathers are placed)
- bolt (ammunition for a crossbow)
- (colloquial, derogatory) bum wine (cheap wine; portion of this)
- (colloquial, derogatory) faff (unclear, incomprehensible statement)
- turbulent liquid, especially water
- (obsolete) splash, plop
- Synonym: plusk
- (obsolete, fishing) rod (pole with a knob at the end which fishermen use to swirl the water, driving fish into the net sometimes used as a kind of oar to push the boat in shallow, swampy or overgrown places)
Declension
[edit]Declension of bełt
Etymology 2
[edit]Borrowed from German Belt.[1] First attested in the 19th century[2]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]bełt m inan
Declension
[edit]Declension of bełt
Etymology 3
[edit](This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]bełt m animal
- blud (creature in Slavic folklore)
Declension
[edit]Declension of bełt
Related terms
[edit]verbs
References
[edit]- ^ Stanisław Dubisz, editor (2003), “bełt”, in Uniwersalny słownik języka polskiego [Universal dictionary of the Polish language][1] (in Polish), volumes 1-4, Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN SA, →ISBN
- ^ J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “bełt”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 114
Further reading
[edit]- bełt in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- bełt in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “bełt”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
- Danuta Lankiewicz (29.03.2023) “BEŁT”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]
- Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “bełt”, in Słownik języka polskiego
- Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “bełt”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
- bełt in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego
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