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Proto-Indo-European *né

Proto-Balto-Slavic *ne

Proto-Slavic *ne

Old Polish nie

Old Polish niemowa

Deverbal from nie mówić. First attested in 1414.

niemowa f

  1. (attested in Greater Poland) muteness
    • 1981-2001 [1414], Elżbieta Belcarzowa, editor, Glosy polskie w łacińskich kazaniach średniowiecznych, volume IV, Koźmin Wielkopolski, Słupia, page 36:
      Verecundia illa regnat in corde, ut homo debite non exprimat peccata et hec mutitas, nyemowa, aliquando provenit ex pudore
      [Verecundia illa regnat in corde, ut homo debite non exprimat peccata et hec mutitas, niemowa, aliquando provenit ex pudore]

Proto-Indo-European *né

Proto-Balto-Slavic *ne

Proto-Slavic *ne

Old Polish nie

Old Polish niemowa

Polish niemowa

Inherited from Old Polish niemowa. By surface analysis, deverbal from nie mówić.

niemowa f

  1. (Middle Polish) muteness
    Synonym: niemota

Attested forms of *niemowa

| | singular | plural | | | ------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | - | | nominative | — | — | | genitive | niemowy | — | | dative | — | — | | accusative | — | — | | instrumental | — | — | | locative | — | — | | vocative | — | — |

niemowa m pers or f

  1. mute (non-speaking person)
    Synonyms: (masculine) niemy, (feminine) niema
  2. (by extension) taciturn person

Masculine declension:

Feminine declension:

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