niemalem

Old Polish

Etymology

Univerbation of nie + malem.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /ɲɛ(ː)ma(ː)lʲɛm/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /ɲɛmalʲɛm/, /ɲemalʲɛm/, /ɲɛmɒlʲɛm/, /ɲemɒlʲɛm/

Particle

niemalem

  1. almost, nearly
    • 1939 [end of the 14th century], Ryszard Ganszyniec, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Kubica, Ludwik Bernacki, editors, Psałterz florjański łacińsko-polsko-niemiecki [Sankt Florian Psalter], Zakład Narodowy imienia Ossolińskich, z zasiłkiem Sejmu Śląskiego [The Ossoliński National Institute: with the benefit of the Silesian Parliament], pages 72, 2Moie wem nogi poruszili se sø, nemalem wilili sø se poszcza moia (paene effusi sunt gressus mei):
      Moje wiem nogi [malem nie] poruszyły sie są, niemalem wyliły [sie] są pościa moja (paene effusi sunt gressus mei)
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adjectives

Descendants

  • Polish: niemal

References

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