błona

See also: blóna, blóną, blónã, błóna, błoną, błóną, and błónã

Old Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bolna. First attested in 1442.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

błona f

  1. placenta
    • 1901 [1471], Materiały i Prace Komisji Językowej Akademii Umiejętności w Krakowie, volume V, page 13:
      Blona maceria, in qua concipitur fetus
      [Błona maceria, in qua concipitur fetus]
  2. plaster, bandage
    • 1885-2024 [1457], Jan Baudouina de Courtenay, Jan Karłowicz, Antoni Adam Kryńskiego, Malinowski Lucjan, editors, Prace Filologiczne[1], volume V, page 14:
      Blona emplastrum
      [Błona emplastrum]
    • 1442, Wokabularz Raczyńskich, Biblioteki Raczyńskich w Poznaniu, sygn. 1360/I, page 97v:
      Emplastrum vlg. blona
      [Emplastrum vlg. błona]
    • [XV p. post.], rękopiśmienne ekscerpty - glosy z rozariusza w rkpsie Biblioteki Zakładu Narodowego im. Ossolińskich we Lwowie, obecnie we Wrocławiu, o sygn. 381, z r. 1457, page 77rb:
      *[E]mphastrum blona vlg. vocatur
      [*[E]mphastrum błona vlg. vocatur]

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Descendants

  • Polish: błona
  • Silesian: błōna

References

Polish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish błona.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): /ˈbwɔ.na/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔna
  • Syllabification: bło‧na

Noun

błona f (diminutive błonka)

  1. (anatomy, zootomy) membrane (thin, flexible tissue that fulfills specific functions in living organisms)
    1. (Middle Polish) synonym of bielmo
    2. (Middle Polish) synonym of otrzewna
    3. (Middle Polish) synonym of jelita
    4. (Middle Polish) synonym of łożysko
    5. (Middle Polish) film pane (window pane made originally of animal membrane or later glass)
  2. (photography) photographic film (flexible, transparent tape covered with photosensitive material used to capture images)
  3. (more generally) film (any thin layer)

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