znōmy

Silesian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈzno.mɪ/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -omɪ
  • Syllabification: znō‧my

Etymology 1

Clipping of Old Polish znajomy.

Adjective

znōmy (comparative bardzij znōmy, superlative nojbardzij znōmy, no derived adverb)

  1. famous, well-known
    • 2025 February 18 (last accessed), “Niedźwiodek Puch”, in Grzegorz Kulik[1] (blog):
      93 lata i dwa miesiōnce po prymierze ôryginalnego wydanio „Winnie the Pooh”, nojlepij znōmy niedźwiydź na świecie zysko miano Marysia we ksiōnżce pod tytułym „Niedźwiodek Puch”.
      93 years and two months after the original release of "Winnie the Pooh," the world's most famous bear will be named Marysia in a book titled "Niedźwiodek Puch."
Declension
Declension of znōmy
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine virile nonvirile
animate inanimate
nominative znōmy znōme znōmŏ znōmi znōme
genitive znōmego znōmyj znōmych
dative znōmymu znōmyj znōmym
accusative znōmego znōmy znōme znōmõ znōmych znōme
instrumental znōmym znōmōm znōmymi
locative znōmym znōmyj znōmych
vocative znōmy znōme znōmŏ znōmi znōme

Noun

znōmy m pers

  1. (nominalized) acquaintance
    • 2012 November 17, F.J.Dral, “CO TYDZIYŃ PO NASZYMU: Jako sie prawi: u studni czy przi studni?”, in Gazetacodzienna[2], Cieszyn, retrieved 18 February 2025:
      Wiym to stela, bo kiejsi mój znómy Czech wybroł sie nad nasz Bałtyk i posłoł mi “pohled” na kierym napisoł jsem ”u polskiho może”.
      I know this because once a Czech friend of mine went to our Baltic Sea and sent me a “pohled”, on which he wrote “jsem u polskiho może”.
    • 2021 October 17, “Jak żech roz szeł na ambóne”, in Sušská rybka[3], retrieved 18 February 2025:
      Roz do nij jechali znómi czy krewni z Polski, a jechali wóm prawie aże znad morza.
      Once friends or relatives from Poland were heading to her, and they were going all the way from the sea.
Declension
Declension of znōmy
singular plural
nominative znōmy znōmi
genitive zmōmego znōmych
dative znōmymu znōmym
accusative znōmego znōmych
instrumental znōmym znōmymi/znōmōma
locative znōmym znōmych
vocative znōmy znōmi

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

znōmy

  1. first-person plural present of znać