niekrótki

Old Polish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

niekrótki

  1. untamed
    • 1981-2001 [Fifteenth century], Elżbieta Belcarzowa, editor, Glosy polskie w łacińskich kazaniach średniowiecznych, volume IV, page 113:
      Moraliter per asinam, que domita, powolna, crotka, erat et pondera in se portabat, populus Iudeorum designatur, per pullum autem lascivum vlg. plochy et liberum, ny[e]crothke, nerobothne, gentilis populus designatur
      [Moraliter per asinam, que domita, powolna, krotka, erat et pondera in se portabat, populus Iudeorum designatur, per pullum autem lascivum vlg. płochy et liberum, ni[e]krotkie, nierobotne, gentilis populus designatur]

Descendants

  • Polish: niekrótki

References

Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish niekrótki. By surface analysis, nie- +‎ krótki.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): /ɲɛˈkrut.ki/
  • Rhymes: -utki
  • Syllabification: nie‧krót‧ki

Adjective

niekrótki (not comparable, derived adverb niekrótko)

  1. (litotes) not short; long (having a rather large length)
    Antonym: krótki
  2. (litotes) not short; long (lasting not a short amount of time)
    Antonym: krótki

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