duchna

See also: duchną

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech duchna, from Proto-Slavic *duxъna.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈduxna]

Noun

duchna f

  1. duvet

Declension
Declension of duchna (hard feminine reducible)
singular plural
nominative duchna duchny
genitive duchny duchen
dative duchně duchnám
accusative duchnu duchny
vocative duchno duchny
locative duchně duchnách
instrumental duchnou duchnami

See also

Further reading
  • duchna in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • duchna in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • duchna in Internetová jazyková příručka

Old Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *duxъna.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): (13th CE) /ˈduxna/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /ˈduxna/

Noun

duchna f

  1. duvet

Declension
Declension of duchna (hard a-stem reducible)
singular dual plural
nominative duchna duchně duchny
genitive duchny duchnú duchen
dative duchně duchnama duchnám
accusative duchnu duchně duchny
vocative duchno duchně duchny
locative duchně duchnú duchnách
instrumental duchnú duchnama duchnami
This table shows the most common forms around the 13th century.
See also Appendix:Old Czech nouns and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.

Descendants
  • Czech: duchna

Further reading

Old Polish

Etymology

Clipping of duchniczka.[1] First attested in 1447.

Noun

duchna f

  1. prostitute, woman of easy virtue (female person having sex for profit)
    Synonyms: duchniczka, koczuga
    • 1874-1891 [1447], Rozprawy i Sprawozdania z Posiedzeń Wydziału Filologicznego Akademii Umiejętności, volume XXII, page 55:
      Duchna
      [Duchna]
      Prostitute

Descendants

References
  1. Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “duchna”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)

Polish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈdux.na/
  • (Middle Polish) IPA(key): /ˈdux.na/
  • Rhymes: -uxna
  • Syllabification: duch‧na
  • Homophone: Duchna

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *duxъna.[1] First attested in 1584.[2]

Noun

duchna f

  1. (obsolete) large pillow
  2. (obsolete) nightcap stuffed with down (Is there an English equivalent to this definition?)
  3. (obsolete) type of robe or shroud

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old Polish duchna.

Noun

duchna f

  1. (obsolete) prostitute, woman of easy virtue (female person having sex for profit)
    Synonym: kobieta lekkich obyczajów
Declension
Declension of duchna
singular plural
nominative duchna duchny
genitive duchny duchn
dative duchnie duchnom
accusative duchnę duchny
instrumental duchną duchnami
locative duchnie duchnach
vocative duchno duchny

References
  1. Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “poduszka”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN
  2. Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “duchna”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]

Further reading
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