dŏwny
Silesian
Etymology
Inherited from Old Polish dawny.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (non-Western) /ˈdɔv.nɪ/, (Western Silesian) /ˈdɔwv.nɪ/, (Głogówek) /ˈdɛwv.nɪ/
Audio (non-Western): (file) - Rhymes: -ɔvnɪ, -ɔwvnɪ, -ɛwvnɪ
- Syllabification: dŏw‧ny
Adjective
dŏwny (comparative dŏwniejszy, superlative nojdŏwniejszy, derived adverb dŏwno)
- distant, ancient, old (existing in the far past in relation to now)
- old, previous, former; ex (having been someone or something in the past but not anymore)
Declension
| singular | plural | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | neuter | feminine | virile | nonvirile | ||||
| animate | inanimate | |||||||
| nominative | dŏwny | dŏwne | dŏwnŏ | dŏwni | dŏwne | |||
| genitive | dŏwnego | dŏwnyj | dŏwnych | |||||
| dative | dŏwnymu | dŏwnyj | dŏwnym | |||||
| accusative | dŏwnego | dŏwny | dŏwne | dŏwnõ | dŏwnych | dŏwne | ||
| instrumental | dŏwnym | dŏwnōm | dŏwnymi | |||||
| locative | dŏwnym | dŏwnyj | dŏwnych | |||||
| vocative | dŏwny | dŏwne | dŏwnŏ | dŏwni | dŏwne | |||
Further reading
- downy in dykcjonorz.eu
- Aleksandra Wencel (2023) “dôwny”, in Dykcjůnôrz ślų̊sko-polski, page 178