mowny

Old Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mъlvьnъ. By surface analysis, mowa + -ny. First attested in the fifteenth century.

Adjective

mowny

  1. eloquent; talkative (able to speak much and easily)
    • Fifteenth century, Kleinere altpolnische Texte aus Handschriften des XV. und des Anfangs des XVI. Jahrhunderts, Emil Kałużniacki, published 1882, page 275:
      Mowny loquax XV p. post,
  2. talkative (talking a lot in general)
    • Fifteenth century, Prace Filologiczne, volume 5, Jan Baudouina de Courtenay, Jan Karłowicz, Antoni Adam Kryńskiego i Malinowski Lucjan, published 1885, page 289:
      Si cupias pacem, lingwam, mowny gezyky, compesce loquacem
  3. wordy, verbose
    • Fifteenth century, Archiv für slavische Philologie, volume XIV, Vatroslav Jagić, published 1876, page 485:
      Wyobraza mowna rzecz depingitur verbositas

Descendants

  • Polish: mowny

References

Polish

Alternative forms

  • (archaic) mówny

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish mowny. By surface analysis, mowa + -ny. First attested in the fifteenth century.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɔv.nɨ/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔvnɨ
  • Syllabification: mow‧ny

Adjective

mowny (comparative mowniejszy, superlative najmowniejszy, adverb mownie or (Middle Polish) mowno)

  1. (colloquial) eloquent, talkative, loquacious
    Synonyms: wygadany, wymowny
  2. (dated, literary) spoken, speaking

Declension

Derived terms

noun
  • mowność

References

  1. B. Sieradzka-Baziur, editor (2011–2015), mowny”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

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