żadny

See also: žádný, żądny, and zádnÿ

Old Polish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Uncertain. Perhaps a reduction of *ni *že *edinъ (not one), or possibly from żędać +‎ -ny, with constructions such as nie było tam żądnego człowieka (lit. “the wanted person was not there”) being reinterpreted as “no person was there”, where the form with -a would have been the result of Old Czech influence, making żądny native.[1] First attested in the 14th century. Compare Old Czech žádný.

Pronunciation

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

Pronoun

żadny

  1. none, not one, nary a one
    Synonyms: mały, niżadny, niżądny
  2. no one, nobody
    Synonyms: nikt, niżadny, niżądny

Descendants

  • Polish: żaden, żadny, żadzien (Middle Polish)
    • Belarusian: жа́дны (žádny)
    • Ukrainian: жо́дний (žódnyj)
  • Silesian: żŏdyn

References

  1. ^ Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “żadny”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN

Polish

Pronunciation

Pronoun

żadny

  1. Middle Polish form of żaden

References