dôwny

See also: downy and dŏwny

Kashubian

Etymology

    Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dãvьnъ.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈdɞv.ni/
    • Rhymes: -ɞvni
    • Syllabification: dôw‧ny

    Adjective

    dôwny (comparative dôwniészi, superlative nôdôwniészi, derived adverb dôwno)

    1. distant, ancient, old (existing in the far past in relation to now)
    2. old, previous, former; ex (having been someone or something in the past but not anymore)

    Declension

    Declension of dôwny (hard)
    singular plural
    masculine feminine neuter virile non-virile
    animate inanimate
    nominative dôwny dôwnô dôwné dôwny dôwné
    genitive dôwnégò dôwny dôwnégò dôwnëch
    dative dôwnémù dôwny dôwnémù dôwnym
    accusative dôwnégò dôwny dôwną dôwné dôwnëch dôwné
    instrumental dôwnym dôwną dôwnym dôwnyma
    locative dôwnym dôwny dôwnym dôwnëch

    Derived terms

    nouns
    • dôwnosc
    • dôwnota

    Further reading

    • Stefan Ramułt (1893), “dôvny”, in Słownik języka pomorskiego czyli kaszubskiego (in Kashubian), page 29
    • Sychta, Bernard ((Can we date this quote?)), “dåvni”, in Słownik gwar kaszubskich [Dictionary of Kashubian dialects] (in Polish), volumes 1–7 (A – Ž), Wrocław: Ossolineum, page 191
    • Jan Trepczyk (1994), “dawny”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes 1–2
    • Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011), “dawny”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi[1]
    • dôwny”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022