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): /anˈt͡sɘ.mɔn/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɘmɔn
  • Syllabification: an‧cy‧mon

Noun

ancymon m pers (diminutive ancymonek)

  1. (colloquial) rascal (someone who misbehaves)
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:urwis

Declension

Declension of ancymon
singular plural
nominative ancymon ancymoni, ancymony1
genitive ancymona ancymonów
dative ancymonowi ancymonom
accusative ancymona ancymonów
instrumental ancymonem ancymonami
locative ancymonie ancymonach
vocative ancymonie ancymoni

1Deprecative.

References

  1. ^ Adam Fałowski (2022), “ancymon”, in Słownik etymologiczny polszczyzny potocznej, Warszawa: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN, →ISBN
  2. ^ Kurjer Poranny‎[1] (in Polish), number R.38, nr 178, 1914, page 1

Further reading

  • “ancymon”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎[2] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • “ancymon”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[3] (in Polish)
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