skalać

Old Polish

Etymology

From s- + kalać. First attested in the 14th century.

Verb

skalać (imperfective kalać)

  1. to befoul, to stain (to make foul; to soil; to contaminate, pollute)
    • after 1512, Rozmyślanie o żywocie Pana Jezusa, page 13:
      Tesch byla (sc. Maryja) tako barzo czysta..., kyedykolvyek v kolepcze albo v pyelyvchach lyezala, nygdy szyą nye skalyala (se numquam maculavit) podlvg obyczaya dzyeczyączego
      Też była (sc. Maryja) tako barzo czysta..., kiedykolwiek w kolebce albo w pieluchach leżała, nigdy się nie skalała (se numquam maculavit) podług obyczaja dziecięcego
  2. (figurative) to befoul, to stain (to stain or mar i.e. with words)
    • c. 1301-1350, Kazania świętokrzyskie, page 13:
      Taynimy grehy scalano (sc. sirce)
      Tajnymi grzechy skalano (sc. sirce)
noun

Descendants

  • Polish: skalać

References

Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish skalać. By surface analysis, s- + kalać. First attested in the 14th century.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈska.lat͡ɕ/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -alat͡ɕ
  • Syllabification: ska‧lać

Verb

skalać pf (imperfective kalać)

  1. (transitive, literary) to befoul, to stain (to stain or mar i.e. with words) [+instrumental = with what]
  2. (transitive, archaic or literary) to befoul, to stain (to make foul; to soil; to contaminate, pollute) [+instrumental = with what]

Conjugation

noun

References

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

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