pecyna

See also: pecÿna and pecyną

Old Polish

Alternative forms

  • (possibly) pieczyna

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Czech pecina (fired clay from a kiln).[1] First attested in 1242.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

pecyna f

  1. a type of evaporated salt; lump of such salt
    • 1874 [1242], Monumenta Medii Aevi Historica res gestas Poloniae illustrantia. Pomniki Dziejowe Wieków Średnich do objaśnienia rzeczy polskich służące, volume IX, page 65:
      Duas porciones salis, que a wlgo peczini et corcze uocantur, ad Magnum Salem
      [Duas porciones salis, que a wlgo pecyny et korce uocantur, ad Magnum Salem]
verbs

Descendants

  • Masurian: pecÿna
  • Polish: pecyna
  • Silesian: pecyna, pecyń

References

  1. Jadwiga Waniakowa (2017) “Skąd pochodzi pacynka?”, in Annales Universitatis Paedagogicae Cracoviensis — Studia Linguistica (in Polish), number 12, Uniwersytet Jagielloński, Kraków, →ISSN, page 300

Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish pecyna.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɛˈt͡sɨ.na/
  • Rhymes: -ɨna
  • Syllabification: pe‧cy‧na

Noun

pecyna f

  1. (colloquial) lump of mud, clay, rubble
    Synonym: pacyna

Declension

Further reading

  • pecyna in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “pecyna”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
  • Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “pecyna”, in Słownik języka polskiego
  • Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “pecyna”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
  • A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1908), “pecyna”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 4, Warsaw, page 102

Silesian

Alternative forms

  • pecyń

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish pecyna.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɛˈt͡sɨna/
  • Rhymes: -ɨna
  • Syllabification: pe‧cy‧na

Noun

pecyna f

  1. caked lump of soil

Further reading

  • Bogdan Kallus (2020) “pecyna, pecyń”, in Słownik Gōrnoślōnskij Gŏdki, IV edition, Chorzów: Pro Loquela Silesiana, →ISBN, page 357
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