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piernat

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Etymology

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Back-formation from piernaty.[1] First attested in 1562.[2]

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -ɛrnat
  • Syllabification: pier‧nat

Noun

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piernat m inan (diminutive piernacik)

  1. feather mattress (mattress stuffed with feathers)
    Hypernym: materac
  2. feather cover (cover made of fabric stuffed with feathers)
  3. (in the plural) bedding (that which is placed on a bed to be slept on or under later)
  4. (obsolete) Synonym of pieszczoch

Declension

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References

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  1. ^ Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “piernat”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
  2. ^ Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “piernat”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]

Further reading

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