duchna

See also: duchną

Czech

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈduxna]

Noun

duchna f

1. duvet

Declension

Declension of duchna (hard feminine reducible)

	singular	plural
nominative	duchna	duchny
genitive	duchny	duchen
dative	duchně	duchnám
accusative	duchnu	duchny
vocative	duchno	duchny
locative	duchně	duchnách
instrumental	duchnou	duchnami

See also

• peřina

Further reading

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

Old Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *duxъna.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

duchna f

1. duvet

Declension

Declension of duchna (hard a-stem reducible)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	duchna	duchně	duchny
genitive	duchny	duchnú	duchen
dative	duchně	duchnama	duchnám
accusative	duchnu	duchně	duchny
vocative	duchno	duchně	duchny
locative	duchně	duchnú	duchnách
instrumental	duchnú	duchnama	duchnami

This table shows the most common forms around the 13th century.
See also Appendix:Old Czech nouns and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.

Descendants

• Czech: duchna

Further reading

• Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “duchna”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění

Old Polish

Etymology

Clipping of duchniczka. First attested in 1447.

Noun

duchna f

1. (attested in Lesser Poland) 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^{[1], [2], [3]}, volume XXII, Lublin, page 55:

     Duchna

     [Duchna]

     Prostitute

Descendants

• Polish: duchna

References

• B. Sieradzka-Baziur, editor (2011–2015), “duchna”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdux.na/
• (Middle Polish) IPA^(key): /ˈdux.na/
• Rhymes: -uxna
• Syllabification: duch‧na
• Homophone: Duchna

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *duxъna. First attested in 1584.

Noun

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

Inherited from Old Polish duchna.

Noun

duchna f

1. (obsolete) prostitute, woman of easy virtue (female person having sex for profit)

   Synonym: kobieta lekkich obyczajów

Declension

Declension of duchna

	singular	plural
nominative	duchna	duchny
genitive	duchny	duchn
dative	duchnie	duchnom
accusative	duchnę	duchny
instrumental	duchną	duchnami
locative	duchnie	duchnach
vocative	duchno	duchny

Further reading

• duchna in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Wiesław Morawski (27.01.2020) “DUCHNA”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]
• Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “duchna”, in Słownik języka polskiego‎^[4]
• Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “duchna”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861‎^[5]
• J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “duchna”, in Słownik języka polskiego‎^[6] (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 578