ancymon
Polish
Etymology
Uncertain. Possibly a clipping of malimończyk, marymontczyk (“student/professor/baked good from Marymont”), itself probably from French Mariemont (“Mount Mary”), where the element was influenced by a dialectal pronunciation of the prefix anty- (dialectally ancy-), which often has a negative connotation, with sound changes being marymontczyk -> marymon -> ancymon.[1] First attested in 1914.[2]
Compare Belarusian манцымонтка (mancymóntka, “coquette”), Belarusian малімонік (malimónik, “someone cuddly; someone with sweet tooth; someone capricious”), Ukrainian анцимонек (ancymonek), манцимонек (mancymonek, “an untrustworthy man”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /anˈt͡sɨ.mɔn/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɨmɔn
- Syllabification: an‧cy‧mon
Noun
ancymon m pers (diminutive ancymonek)
- (colloquial) rascal (someone who misbehaves)
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:urwis
Declension
Declension of ancymon
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ancymon | ancymoni |
| genitive | ancymona | ancymonów |
| dative | ancymonowi | ancymonom |
| accusative | ancymona | ancymonów |
| instrumental | ancymonem | ancymonami |
| locative | ancymonie | ancymonach |
| vocative | ancymonie | ancymoni |
References
- Adam Fałowski (2022) Słownik etymologiczny polszczyzny potocznej, Warszawa: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN, →ISBN
- Kurjer Poranny, issue R.38, nr 178, 1914, page 1
Further reading
- ancymon in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- ancymon in Polish dictionaries at PWN