babczyzna

Old Polish

Etymology

From babka + -yzna. First attested in 1498.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /ba(ː)pt͡ʃʲɨ(ː)zna/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /bapt͡ʃʲɨzna/, /bɒpt͡ʃʲɨzna/

Noun

babczyzna f

  1. inheritance from a grandmother
    Synonyms: babina, babizna
    • 1868 [1498], Akta grodzkie i ziemskie z czasów Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej : z archiwum tak zwanego bernardyńskiego we Lwowie w skutek fundacyi śp. Alexandra hr. Stadnickiego, volume XV, page 348:
      Anastasia... cum consensu mariti sui donavit nobilem Vanyko Lachodowszky... awunkulum suum germanum sibi bona post mortem vetule sue succedencia al. bapczysną
      [Anastasia... cum consensu mariti sui donavit nobilem Wańko Łahodowski... awunkulum suum germanum sibi bona post mortem vetule sue succedencia al. babczyzną]

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