teść

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Old Polish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *tьstь, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *teḱ- (to sire, beget).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /tɛɕt͡ɕ/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /tɛɕt͡ɕ/

Noun

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teść m animacy unattested

  1. (attested in Masovia) father-in-law (one's wife's father)
    • 1920 [1436], Marceli Handelsman, Antoni Rybarski, Kazimierz Tymieniecki, editors, Najdawniejsze księgi sądowe mazowieckie, volume III, number 2187, Zakroczym:
      Iakom ia than vmowa myal s mim czczem
      [Jakom ja tę umowę miał s mym ćciem]
  2. (attested in Greater Poland) father-in-law (one's husband's father)
    Synonyms: świekier, zięć
    • 1977-1980 [c. 1470], urowska-Górowska Wanda, Kyas Vladimir, editors, Mamotrekty staropolskie[1], [2], [3], Lubin, page 227:
      Czyescz socer (socer nurum suam polluit nefarie Ezech 22, 11)
      [Cieść socer (socer nurum suam polluit nefarie Ezech 22, 11)]
  3. father-in-law (one's husband's or wife's father, or another in-law or relative)
    • 1901 [c. 1460], Materiały i Prace Komisji Językowej Akademii Umiejętności w Krakowie, volume II, page 379:
      Czescz socer
      [Cieść socer]
    • 1977-1980 [1471], Wanda Żurowska-Górecka, Vladimír Kyas, editors, Mamotrekty staropolskie [Old Polish-Latin Dictionaries and wordlists], page 172:
      Ze czciem cum socero (noli consiliari cum eo, var.: cum socero tuo, qui tibi insidiatur Ecclus 37, 7)
      [Ze ćciem cum socero (noli consiliari cum eo, var.: cum socero tuo, qui tibi insidiatur Ecclus 37, 7)]
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Descendants

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  • Polish: teść

Further reading

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Polish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /tɛɕt͡ɕ/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛɕt͡ɕ
  • Syllabification: teść

Etymology 1

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Inherited from Old Polish cieść, from Proto-Slavic *tьstь. Perhaps a doublet of cieć.

Noun

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teść m pers (female equivalent teściowa or (obsolete) teścina, diminutive teściunio, related adjective (rare) teściowy)

  1. father-in-law (one's spouse's father)
    Synonym: (obsolete) świekier
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Etymology 2

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Back-formation from testosteron.

Noun

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teść m animal

  1. (humorous, slang, biochemistry, steroids) test, testosterone (steroid hormone)
    Synonym: testosteron
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Further reading

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  • teść in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • teść in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • teść at Obserwatorium językowe Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego