dôwny

See also: downy and dŏwny

Kashubian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dãvьnъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɞv.ni/
• Rhymes: -ɞvni
• Syllabification: dôw‧ny

Adjective

dôwny (comparative dôwniészi, superlative nôdôwniészi, derived adverb dôwno)

1. distant, ancient, old (existing in the far past in relation to now)
2. old, previous, former; ex (having been someone or something in the past but not anymore)

Declension

Declension of dôwny (hard)

	singular					plural
	masculine		feminine	neuter		virile	non-virile
	animate	inanimate
nominative	dôwny		dôwnô	dôwné		dôwny	dôwné
genitive	dôwnégò		dôwny	dôwnégò		dôwnëch
dative	dôwnémù		dôwny	dôwnémù		dôwnym
accusative	dôwnégò	dôwny	dôwną	dôwné		dôwnëch	dôwné
instrumental	dôwnym		dôwną	dôwnym		dôwnyma
locative	dôwnym		dôwny	dôwnym		dôwnëch

Derived terms

nouns

• dôwnosc
• dôwnota

Further reading

• Stefan Ramułt (1893) “dôvny”, in Słownik języka pomorskiego czyli kaszubskiego (in Kashubian), page 29
• Sychta, Bernard ((Can we date this quote?)) “dåvni”, in Słownik gwar kaszubskich [Dictionary of Kashubian dialects] (in Polish), volumes 1–7 (A – Ž), Wrocław: Ossolineum, page 191
• Jan Trepczyk (1994) “dawny”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes 1–2
• Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “dawny”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎^[1]
• “dôwny”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022