penezi

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• pinezi
• pjenezi

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pěnędzь.

Noun

penezi m (Cyrillic spelling пенези)

1. (Croatia, regional, Kajkavian) money
   • 1380, N. N., “ⱄⱅ꙯ꙿ ⱄⰵ ⰽⱁⰽꙿⱍⰰ” in the Paris Miscellany of 1380 (Code slave 11), folio 189b et seq.:

     ⰴⱈⰲ꙯ⱀⰰ ⱃⱑⱍⱜ ⱁⱅ ⱀⰻⱈꙿ ⱄⰵ ⱀⰵ ⱞⱁⱃⰵ ⰻⱞⱑⱅⰻ ·
     ⰰⰽⱁ ⰻⱞꙿ ⱄⰵ ⱂⱑⱀⰵⰸⰻ ⱂⱃⰻⰵ ⱀⰵ ⱂⰾⰰⱅⰻ ·

     d(u)h(o)vna rěč’ ot nih’ se ne more iměti ·
     ako im’ se pěnezi prie ne plati ·

     You can’t get spiritual words from them
     if you don’t pay them money first.

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