byle

See also: byłe

Old Polish

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bylьje.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /bɨlʲɛː/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /bɨlʲe/

Noun

byle n

  1. grass, herbage
    Synonyms: trawa, ziele
    • 1930 [c. 1455], “Gen”, in Ludwik Bernacki, editor, Biblia królowej Zofii (Biblia szaroszpatacka), 3, 18:
      Tarnye a glog bødze rodzycz a bile szemskye bødzesz geszcz (spinas et tribulos germinabit tibi et comedes herbam terrae)
      [Tarnie a głog będzie rodzić a byle ziemskie będziesz jeść (spinas et tribulos germinabit tibi et comedes herbam terrae)]
  2. thornbush
    • 1901, Materiały i Prace Komisji Językowej Akademii Umiejętności w Krakowie, volume V, page 89:
      Vepres byle et omnia inutilia (succensa est enim quasi ignis impietas, veprem et spinam vorabit Is 9, 18)
      [Vepres byle et omnia inutilia (succensa est enim quasi ignis impietas, veprem et spinam vorabit Is 9, 18)]
noun

Etymology 2

Univerbation of by + le.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /bɨlʲɛ/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /bɨlʲɛ/

Particle

byle

  1. Expresses an optative conditional; if only
Descendants
  • Polish: byle

References

Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish byle (particle). By surface analysis, univerbation of by + le.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɨ.lɛ/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɨlɛ
  • Syllabification: by‧le

Conjunction

byle

  1. provided (that), as long as
  2. if only

Particle

byle

  1. any, any old
    Synonyms: popadnie, bądź, lada, -kolwiek

Further reading

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