Old Polish

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bělьmo. By surface analysis, biały +‎ -mo. First attested in the 15th century.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /bʲɛːlʲmɔ/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /bʲelʲmɔ/

Noun

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bielmo n

  1. (attested in Greater Poland, Lesser Poland, Southern Borderlands, pathology) cataract, leucoma
    • 1930 [c. 1455], “Lev”, in Ludwik Bernacki, editor, Biblia królowej Zofii (Biblia szaroszpatacka)[1], 21, 20:
      Byelmo mayøczi na oczv
      [Bielmo mający na oczu]
    • 1450, Piotr z Uścia, Rozariusz kapitulny, Ujście: Archiwum i Biblioteki Krakowskiej Kapituły Katedralnej, sygn. Ms 224, page 109v:
      Glauconia [] uel glaucula [] est ma[cu]la in oculo uel nebula et caligo uel obscuritas oculorum... et glaucoma [] proprie byelm
      [Glauconia [] uel glaucula [] est ma[cu]la in oculo uel nebula et caligo uel obscuritas oculorum... et glaucoma [] proprie bielm]
    • 1885-2024 [1434], Jan Baudouina de Courtenay, Jan Karłowicz, Antoni Adam Kryńskiego, Malinowski Lucjan, editors, Prace Filologiczne[2], volume V, page 32:
      Belmo
      [Bielmo]
    • 1450, rkps Archiwum i Biblioteki Krakowskiej Kapituły Katedralnej o sygn. KP 224., Uście Solne, Lviv:
      Glaucoma... malum in oculo vel nebula et caligo vel obscuritas oculorum vlg. byelmo
      [Glaucoma... malum in oculo vel nebula et caligo vel obscuritas oculorum vlg. bielmo]
    • 1894 [1474], Konstanty Górski, editor, Historia jazdy polskiej[3], page 273:
      Equus wrony habens in oculo byelmo dextro
      [Equus wrony habens in oculo bielmo dextro]
    • 1874-1891 [XV p. post.], Rozprawy i Sprawozdania z Posiedzeń Wydziału Filologicznego Akademii Umiejętności[4], [5], [6], volume LIII, Krakow, page 63:
      Contra belmo equi
      [Contra bielmo equi]

Descendants

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  • Polish: bielmo

References

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Polish bielmo. By surface analysis, biały +‎ -mo.

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -ɛlmɔ
  • Syllabification: biel‧mo

Noun

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bielmo n (related adjective bielmowy)

  1. (pathology) cataract, leucoma
    Synonym: (archaic) blachmal
    bielmo na okucataract in one's eye
    leczenie bielmatreating a cataract
    mieć bielmoto have a cataract
    pokryty bielmemcovered with a cataract
  2. (botany) edema, endosperm
  3. (Middle Polish) synonym of białko (white of an eye; sclera)

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