alabastyr

Old Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin alabaster. First attested in 1419.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

alabastyr m animacy unattested (related adjective alabastrowy)

1. alabaster
   • 1900 [1419], Józef Rostafiński, editor, Symbola ad historiam naturalem medii aevi = Średniowieczna historya naturalna w Polsce. Ps 2‎^[1], number 5142:

     Alabastir alabastrum

     [Alabastyr alabastrum]

Descendants

• Polish: alabaster (obsolete), alabastr

References

• B. Sieradzka-Baziur, editor (2011–2015), “alabastyr”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN