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namówiny

//na.muˈvi.nɘ//
Polishnoun

Definitions

  1. 1.
    dialectalbetrothal, engagement
    • Na taką paradę to ani ojców babki Ludwiny, ani młodego, z którym przed ołtarzem stanęła, nie byłoby stać. A oboje z dobrych gazdowskich rodów przecież byli. Na namówinach na stole stanęła ćwiartka.

      Neither grandma Ludwina's fathers nor the young one with whom she stood in front of the altar could afford such a parade. And they both came from good farmhouse families. A quarter stood at the betrothal on the table.

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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Slavic *na- Old Polish na- Proto-Indo-European *mlewH-der. Proto-Slavic *mъ̀lva Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Slavic *-iti Proto-Slavic *mъlviti Old Polish mówić Old Polish namówić Polish namówić Proto-Indo-European *-iHnehder. Proto-Slavic *-ina Old Polish -ina Polish -ina Polish -iny Polish namówiny From namówić + -iny. First attested in 1873.

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