wikt
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Polish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Learned borrowing from Latin vīctus.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]wikt m inan
- (archaic, literary) food
- wikt i opierunek ― food and a sleeping place; necessities of life
- 1893, Aleksander Wybranowski, Dawne dzieje:
- […] lub kluski na przemianę — lecz nie wszędzie jednaki; w drugiej izbie, gdzie byli chłopi, szewcy, kowale i tym podobni rzemieślnicy, wikt z kryminału, o 6-ej wieczór, ziemniaki w mundurach i kasza z łoj […]
- Or kluski noodles for a change, but it's not identical everywhere; in the other chamber, where the peasants, smiths and other similar craftsman were, was food from the jail, at 6 p.m., potatoes and groats with grease […]
- 2011, Włodzimierz Dajcz, Odłamki czasu, Warszawska Firma Wydawnicza, →ISBN, page 141:
- Koń poddawał się woli opiekuna parskając wesoło i przydeptując nogami. Zanim w żłobie ukazało się dno gospodarz zdążył przygotować wóz do drogi. Na wozie stał żłobek z zapasową porcja końskiego wiktu, leżało radło i lekkie brony.
- The horse gave in to the will of its caretaker, cheerfully snorting and stamping its feet. Behind the manger the bottom was shown, and the host managed to prepare the cart for the road. On the cart there was a crim with a spare portion of horse feed, a colter, and light weaponry.
- (archaic, literary) upkeep, maintenance, livelihood (money to provide for the means of living)
- 1955, Ignacy Maciejowski, Dziela wybrane: Matka. Bajecznie Kolorowa:
- Starszy dobrze się uczy — rzekł przeor — jeśli będzie pierwszy, klasztor weźmie go na swój wikt i da stancję w klasztorze.
- "The older one teaches well," the prior said, "if he's the first, the monastery will take him into their care and give lodgings at the monastery.
Declension
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