mohorycz

Old Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Old East Slavic [Term?]. First attested in 1441.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

mohorycz m animacy unattested

1. (hapax legomenon) custom of drinking alcohol when concluding a contract of purchase, sale, exchange, etc., in order to strengthen it

   Synonym: litkup

   • 1868 [1441], Akta grodzkie i ziemskie z czasów Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej : z archiwum tak zwanego bernardyńskiego we Lwowie w skutek fundacyi śp. Alexandra hr. Stadnickiego‎^[1], volume XIV (quotation in Old Polish; overall work in Polish, Latin, and Old Polish), page 28:

     In domo Kaszmar in circulo ibidem marcipotus est bibitus, item Kaczik morohicz *szudil, Iacussza bibit... et Dyniszowicz bibit

     [In domo Kazmar in circulo ibidem marcipotus est bibitus, item Kacik mohorycz *szudil, Jakusza bibit... et Dynis(z)owic(z) bibit]

Derived terms

nouns

• mohorycznik

Descendants

• Polish: mohorycz

References

• S. Urbańczyk, editor (1964), “mohorycz”, in Słownik staropolski (in Polish), volume 4, Wrocław, Warsaw, Kraków: Polish Academy of Sciences, page 324
• B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “mohorycz”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish mohorycz.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /mɔˈxɔ.rɘt͡ʂ/

• (Middle Polish) IPA^(key): /mɔˈxɔ.rɨt͡ʂ/
• (Lesser Poland):
  • (Kielce) IPA^(key): [mɔˈxɔ.rɘt͡ʂ]
  • (Eastern Lublin) IPA^(key): [mɔˈhɔ.rɘt͡ʂ]
• (Borderlands):
  • (Southern Borderlands) IPA^(key): [mɔˈhɔ.rɘt͡ʂ]

• Rhymes: -ɔrɘt͡ʂ
• Syllabification: mo‧ho‧rycz

Noun

mohorycz m inan

1. (archaic or dialectal, Eastern Lublin, Werbkowice, Zamość, Hrubieszów, Southern Borderlands, Kamianets-Podilskyi, Drohobych, Kielce) customary alcoholic drink after a bargain has been struck; also: alcohol that is offered to someone

   Synonym: litkup

2. (archaic or dialectal, Eastern Lublin, Werbkowice) alcoholic beverage during the first visit of a suitor seeking the hand of a young lady

Declension

Declension of mohorycz

	singular	plural
nominative	mohorycz	mohorycze
genitive	mohorycza/mohoryczu	mohoryczy
dative	mohoryczowi	mohoryczom
accusative	mohorycz	mohorycze
instrumental	mohoryczem	mohoryczami
locative	mohoryczu	mohoryczach
vocative	mohoryczu	mohorycze

Further reading

• mohorycz in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Maria Renata Mayenowa; Stanisław Rospond; Witold Taszycki; Stefan Hrabec; Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023), “mohorycz”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
• J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1902), “mohorycz”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 2, Warsaw, page 1030
• Jan Karłowicz (1903), “mohorycz”, in Hieronim Łopaciński, Wacław Taczanowski, editors, Słownik gwar polskich [Dictionary of Polish dialects] (in Polish), volume 3: L do O, Kraków: Akademia Umiejętności, page 180