bëlny

Kashubian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bylьnъ.[1] By surface analysis, bëł +‎ -ny.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɜl.ni/
  • Rhymes: -ɜlni
  • Syllabification: bël‧ny

Adjective

bëlny (comparative bëlniészi, superlative nôbëlniészi, derived adverb bëlno)

  1. excellent, great, wonderful
  2. virtuous, chaste, righteous
  3. modest (not bragging)

References

  1. ^ Wiesław Boryś, Hanna Popowska-Taborska (1994) “bëlni”, in Słownik etymologiczny Kaszubszczyzny, volume 1, →ISBN, page 111

Further reading

  • Stefan Ramułt (1893) “bélny”, in Słownik języka pomorskiego czyli kaszubskiego (in Kashubian), page 7
  • Sychta, Bernard (1967) “bëlni”, in Słownik gwar kaszubskich [Dictionary of Kashubian dialects] (in Polish), volumes 1 (A – Ǵ), Wrocław: Ossolineum, page 33
  • Jan Trepczyk (1994) “dobry”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes 1–2
  • Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “dobry”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎[1]
  • “bëlny”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022
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