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tantny

Polish

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Etymology

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According to Brückner, learned borrowing from Latin tantus (cf. tantonić). Sense 2 probably comes from the fact that wealthy and rich people are often perceived as arrogant and pride.[1] First attested in the 18th century.[2]

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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tantny (comparative bardziej tantny, superlative najbardziej tantny, no derived adverb)

  1. (obsolete) wealthy, affluent
  3. (obsolete) haughty, supercilious, arrogant

Declension

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Declension of tantny (hard)
singular plural
masculine animate masculine inanimate feminine neuter virile (= masculine personal) non-virile
nominative tantny tantna tantne tantni tantne
genitive tantnego tantnej tantnego tantnych
dative tantnemu tantnej tantnemu tantnym
accusative tantnego tantny tantną tantne tantnych tantne
instrumental tantnym tantną tantnym tantnymi
locative tantnym tantnej tantnym tantnych

Derived terms

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noun

References

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  1. ^ Brückner, Aleksander (1927) “tantny”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna
  2. ^ Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “tantny”, in Słownik języka polskiego

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