żadny

See also: žádný, żądny, and zádnÿ

Old Polish

Alternative forms

Etymology

    Uncertain. Perhaps a reduction of *ni *že *edinъ (not one), or possibly from żędać +‎ -ny, with constructions such as nie było tam żądnego człowieka (lit. “the wanted person was not there”) being reinterpreted as “no person was there”, where the form with -a would have been the result of Old Czech influence, making żądny native.[1] First attested in the 14th century. Compare Old Czech žádný.

    Pronunciation

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

    Pronoun

    żadny

    1. none, not one, nary a one
      Synonyms: mały, niżadny, niżądny
    2. no one, nobody
      Synonyms: nikt, niżadny, niżądny

    Descendants

    • Polish: żaden, żadny, żadzien (Middle Polish)
      • Belarusian: жа́дны (žádny)
      • Ukrainian: жо́дний (žódnyj)
    • Silesian: żŏdyn

    References

    1. ^ Boryś, Wiesław (2005), “żadny”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN

    Polish

    Pronunciation

    Pronoun

    żadny

    1. Middle Polish form of żaden

    References