penezi

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pěnędzь.

Noun

pènezi m pl (Cyrillic spelling пѐнези, genitive plural pȅnēzā)

  1. (Croatia, regional, Kajkavian) money
    • 1380, N. N., “ⱄⱅ꙯ꙿ ⱄⰵ ⰽⱁⰽꙿⱍⰰ” in the Paris Miscellany of 1380 (Code slave 11), folio 189b et seq.:
      ⰴⱈⰲ꙯ⱀⰰ ⱃⱑⱍⱜ ⱁⱅ ⱀⰻⱈꙿ ⱄⰵ ⱀⰵ ⱞⱁⱃⰵ ⰻⱞⱑⱅⰻ ·
      ⰰⰽⱁ ⰻⱞꙿ ⱄⰵ ⱂⱑⱀⰵⰸⰻ ⱂⱃⰻⰵ ⱀⰵ ⱂⰾⰰⱅⰻ ·
      d(u)h(o)vna rěč’ ot nih’ se ne more iměti ·
      ako im’ se pěnezi prie ne plati ·
      You can’t get spiritual words from them
      if you don’t pay them money first.
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