namówiny

Polish

Etymology

From namówić + -iny. First attested in 1873.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /na.muˈvi.nɨ/
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  • Rhymes: -inɨ
  • Syllabification: na‧mó‧wi‧ny

Noun

namówiny nvir pl

  1. (dialectal, otherwise obsolete) betrothal, engagement
    Synonyms: zrękowiny, zaręczyny
    • 2003 July 25, “Co było, co jest...”, in Dziennik Polski, Wydawnictwo Jagiellonia SA:
      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.

Declension

adjective
adverb
nouns
verbs

References

  1. Gwiazdka Cieszyńska : pismo naukowe i zabawne (in Polish), volume 26, number 27, 1873 July 5, page 219

Further reading

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