niedługi

Old Polish

Etymology

From nie- + długi. First attested in the fifteenth century.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

niedługi (adverb niedługo)

  1. short (not lasting a long time)
    • 1956 [Fifteenth century], Jerzy Woronczak, editor, Teksty polskie w rękopisie nr 43 Biblioteki Kapitulnej we Wrocławiu z połowy XV wieku, page 58r:
      Nescit enim tarda mollimina, nedluge meskane vel vmekczene, spiritus sancti gracia
      [Nescit enim tarda mollimina, niedługie mieszkanie vel umiękczenie, Spiritus Sancti gracia]

Descendants

  • Polish: niedługi

References

Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish niedługi. By surface analysis, nie- + długi.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɲɛˈdwu.ɡi/
  • (Middle Polish) IPA(key): /ɲɛˈdɫu.ɡi/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -uɡi
  • Syllabification: nie‧dłu‧gi

Adjective

niedługi (not comparable, adverb niedługo)

  1. (litotes, of a distance) not long, short (having a shorter physical length in comparison to a typical example of something)
    Synonym: krótki
  2. (litotes, of a distance) not long, short (lasting a short amount of time)
    Synonym: krótki
  3. (litotes, of a text) not long, short (having comparably few words)
    Synonym: krótki
  4. (litotes) not long, short; soon; recent (not far in time)
    Synonym: krótki
  5. (litotes) not long, short (not lasting a long time)
    Synonym: krótki

Declension

Derived terms

noun
  • niedługość

References

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