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 animate	masculine inanimate	feminine	neuter	virile (= masculine personal)	non-virile
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