mowny

Old Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mъlvьnъ. By surface analysis, mowa + -ny. First attested in the fifteenth century.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

mowny

  1. eloquent; talkative (able to speak much and easily)
    • 1882 [Fifteenth century], Emil Kałużniacki, editor, Kleinere altpolnische Texte aus Handschriften des XV. und des Anfangs des XVI. Jahrhunderts, page 275:
      Mowny loquax XV p. post,
      [Mowny loquax]
  2. talkative (talking a lot in general)
    • 1885 [Fifteenth century], Jan Baudouina de Courtenay, Jan Karłowicz, Antoni Adam Kryńskiego, Malinowski Lucjan, editors, Prace Filologiczne, volume III, page 289:
      Si cupias pacem, lingwam, mowny gezyky, compesce loquacem
      [Si cupias pacem, lingwam, mowny języki, compesce loquacem]
  3. wordy, verbose
    • 1876 [Fifteenth century], Vatroslav Jagić, editor, Archiv für slavische Philologie, volume XIV, page 485:
      Wyobraza mowna rzecz depingitur verbositas
      [Wyobraża mowną rzecz depingitur verbositas]

Descendants

  • Polish: mowny

References

Polish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish mowny. By surface analysis, mowa + -ny.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɔv.nɨ/
  • (Middle Polish) IPA(key): /ˈmɔv.nɨ/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔvnɨ
  • Syllabification: mow‧ny

Adjective

mowny (comparative mowniejszy, superlative najmowniejszy, adverb mownie)

  1. (colloquial) eloquent, talkative, loquacious
    Synonyms: wygadany, wymowny
  2. (dated, literary) spoken, speaking

Declension

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