chełpa

Old Polish

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) First attested in the middle of the 15th century.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

chełpa f

  1. boastfulness
    • 1880 [Middle of the 15th century], Sprawozdania Komisji Językowej Akademii Umiejętności, volume V, page 254:
      Chwaly a chelpy {{..}} na vkazanye wyelkoszczy szwyatha a moczy rzymskyey propter gloriam et iactanciam uel ad ostendendam orbis magnificenciam et potenciam Romanorum
      [Chwały a chełpy {{..}} na ukazanie wielkości świata a mocy rzymskiej propter gloriam et iactanciam uel ad ostendendam orbis magnificenciam et potenciam Romanorum]

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