kamiyń

Silesian

Alternative forms

• kamjyń (Steuer's Silesian Alphabet)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ-

Proto-Indo-European *-mō

Proto-Indo-European *h₂éḱmō

Proto-Balto-Slavic *kā́ˀmō

Proto-Slavic *kamy

Old Polish kamień

Silesian kamiyń

Inherited from Old Polish kamień.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈka.mjɪɲ/

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• Rhymes: -amjɪɲ
• Syllabification: ka‧miyń

Noun

kamiyń m inan

1. stone (piece of rock that has been separated)
   • 2017, Charles Dickens, translated by Grzegorz Kulik, Godniŏ pieśń [A Christmas Carol]‎^[1], 1 edition, Opole: Silesia Progress, →ISBN:

     Stary Marley bōł umarty choby kamiyń.

     Old Marley was dead as a stone.

2. (historical) stone (unit of mass equal to 32 pounds)

Declension

Declension of kamiyń

	singular	plural
nominative	kamiyń	kamiynie
genitive	kamiynia	kamiyni
dative	kamiyniowi	kamiyniōm
accusative	kamiyń	kamiynie
instrumental	kamiyniym	kamiyniami/kamiyniōma
locative	kamiyniu	kamiyniach
vocative	kamiyniu	kamiynie

Further reading

• kamiyń in silling.org
• Henryk Jaroszewicz (2022), “kamiyń”, in Zasady pisowni języka śląskiego (in Polish), Siedlce: Wydawnictwo Naukowe IKR[i]BL, page 86
• Aleksandra Wencel (2023), “kamjyń”, in Dykcjůnôrz ślų̊sko-polski, page 298