pecyna

See also: pęcyna and pecyną

Old Polish

Alternative forms

  • (possibly) pieczyna

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Czech pecina (fired clay from a kiln).[1] First attested in 1242.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

pecyna f

  1. a type of evaporated salt; lump of such salt
    • 1874 [1242], Monumenta Medii Aevi Historica res gestas Poloniae illustrantia. Pomniki Dziejowe Wieków Średnich do objaśnienia rzeczy polskich służące[2], volume IX, page 65:
      Duas porciones salis, que a wlgo peczini et corcze uocantur, ad Magnum Salem
      [Duas porciones salis, que a wlgo pecyny et korce uocantur, ad Magnum Salem]
verbs

Descendants

  • Polish: pecyna
  • Silesian: pecyna, pecyń

References

  1. ^ Jadwiga Waniakowa (2017) “Skąd pochodzi pacynka?”, in Annales Universitatis Paedagogicae Cracoviensis — Studia Linguistica[1] (in Polish), number 12, Uniwersytet Jagielloński, Kraków, →ISSN, page 300

Polish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish pecyna.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): /pɛˈt͡sɘ.na/
  • Rhymes: -ɘna
  • Syllabification: pe‧cy‧na

Noun

pecyna f

  1. (colloquial or dialectal, Far Masovian) lump of mud, clay, rubble
    Synonym: pacyna

Declension

Further reading

Silesian

Alternative forms

  • pecyń

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish pecyna.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɛˈt͡sɪ.na/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɪna
  • Syllabification: pe‧cy‧na

Noun

pecyna f

  1. caked lump of soil

Further reading

  • Bogdan Kallus (2020) “pecyna, pecyń”, in Słownik Gōrnoślōnskij Gŏdki, IV edition, Chorzów: Pro Loquela Silesiana, →ISBN, page 357