dalibóg

Old Polish

Etymology

Univerbation of da + li + Bóg, literally may God give. First attested in 1427.

Pronunciation

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

Particle

dalibóg

  1. indeed, forsooth
    • 1861 [1427], Pismo poświęcone naukom, sztukom i przemysłowi, volume III, Biblioteka Warszawska, page 40:
      My, dalibog, gothowysmy szye oczisczycz thrzemy slachcziczi y dwyema kaplanoma, czso s namy ten czali dzen bili..., yszesmy tego... nie uczinili
      [My, dali Bóg, gotowismy sie oczyścić trzemi ślachcicy i dwiema kapłanoma, cso s nami ten cały dzień byli [] , iżesmy tego [] nie uczynili]
      We, forsooth, were ready to cleanse ourselves with the help of three noblemen and two capons that were with us all day [] , and we didn't do this.

Descendants

  • Polish: dalibóg, dalebóg
    • Kashubian: dôlëbóg (calque)
  • Silesian: dalibōg
  • Old Ruthenian: далибогъ (daliboh) (calque)
    • Ukrainian: далебі́ (dalebí)
    • Belarusian: далібог (dalibóh)

References

Polish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish dalibóg. By surface analysis, univerbation of da + li + Bóg, literally may God give.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /daˈli.buk/
  • (Middle Polish) IPA(key): /dɒˈli.bok/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ibuk
  • Syllabification: da‧li‧bóg

Interjection

dalibóg

  1. (archaic) upon my word

Particle

dalibóg

  1. (archaic) indeed
    Synonyms: autentycznie, doprawdy, jako żywo, naprawdę

Descendants

  • Kashubian: dôlëbóg (calque)

Further reading

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