duchna

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See also: duchną

Czech[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Old Czech duchna, from Proto-Slavic *duxъna.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

duchna f

  1. duvet

Declension[edit]

See also[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • duchna in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • duchna in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • duchna in Internetová jazyková příručka

Old Czech[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *duxъna.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): (13th CE) /ˈduxna/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /ˈduxna/

Noun[edit]

duchna f

  1. duvet

Declension[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Czech: duchna

Further reading[edit]

Old Polish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Clipping of duchniczka.[1] First attested in 1447.

Noun[edit]

duchna f

  1. prostitute, woman of easy virtue (female person having sex for profit)
    Synonyms: duchniczka, koczuga
    • 1874-1891 [1447], Rozprawy i Sprawozdania z Posiedzeń Wydziału Filologicznego Akademii Umiejętności, volume XXII, page 55:
      Duchna
      [Duchna]
      Prostitute

Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “duchna”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)

Polish[edit]

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Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *duxъna.[1] First attested in 1584.[2]

Noun[edit]

duchna f

  1. (obsolete) large pillow
  2. (obsolete) nightcap stuffed with down (Is there an English equivalent to this definition?)
  3. (obsolete) type of robe or shroud

Etymology 2[edit]

Inherited from Old Polish duchna.

Noun[edit]

duchna f

  1. (obsolete) prostitute, woman of easy virtue (female person having sex for profit)
    Synonym: kobieta lekkich obyczajów
Declension[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “poduszka”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN
  2. ^ Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “duchna”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]

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