luźny

See also: luzný, lužný, Lužný, and Łużny

Polish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From German lose +‎ -ny.[1][2][3]

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): /ˈluʑ.nɘ/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -uʑnɘ
  • Syllabification: luź‧ny

Adjective

luźny (comparative luźniejszy, superlative najluźniejszy, derived adverb luźnie or luźno)

  1. (of clothing) loose (quite spacious, not tight and not clinging to the body)
    Antonym: obcisły
    Ten but jest bardzo luźny.This shoe is very loose.
  2. loose (having elements that are not tightly connected to each other)
  3. loose (having elements that are not very close to each other)
  4. (of bodily fluids, etc.) loose; thin (having a thin consistency)
  5. loose (not creating a logical, organic, coherent whole)
  6. open-ended, casual (not directly or strictly related to a given topic, a given thing, etc.)
  7. (of e.g. a conversation) casual, loose (not serious in nature)
  8. (of e.g. a relationship) casual (infrequent, not of a close or intimate nature)
  9. (somewhat colloquial) free, available, open (unoccupied, characterized by having free time)
    Synonym: wolny
  10. (somewhat colloquial) free, available, open (not crowded, in or on which there are only a small number of people, cars, etc.)
    Synonym: niezajęty
  11. (colloquial or dialectal, Kielce) casual (behaving freely, without embarrassment)
  12. (Przemyśl) separate; separable
    To luźny dzierżok.This is a separable handstaff.
  13. (obsolete, not comparable, of a horse) unburdened
    Synonym: nieobciążony
  14. (obsolete, not comparable, historical, feudalism, of a peasant, in Middle Polish, sometimes nominalized) lordless (having no permanent place of residence, leaving the lord's estate without a letter of release; sometimes: having no recognized sources of income)
  15. (obsolete) immoral, licentious
    Synonyms: niemoralny, rozwiązły
  16. (Middle Polish) free, lordless (not belonging to the knighthood, not taking part in regular combat)

Declension

Noun

luźny m pers

  1. (obsolete, nominalized) synonym of luzak
  2. (Middle Polish, nominalized) synonym of pachołek

Declension

References

  1. ^ Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “luźny”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
  2. ^ Sławski, Franciszek (1958-1965) “luźny”, in Jan Safarewicz, Andrzej Siudut, editors, Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological dictionary of the Polish language] (in Polish), Kraków: Towarzystwo Miłośników Języka Polskiego
  3. ^ Krystyna Długosz-Kurczabowa (2021) “luz”, in Wielki słownik etymologiczno-historyczny języka polskiego, →ISBN

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