gdula

Old Polish

Alternative forms
  • dula, grdula, grzdula

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kъduňa.

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

Noun

gdula f

  1. European pear (Pyrus communis)
  2. quince (Cydonia oblonga)
  3. tuberous pea, tuberous vetchling (Lathyrus tuberosus)

Further reading
  • B. Sieradzka-Baziur, editor (2011–2015), “gdula”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN
  • Rostafiński, Josephus (1900), “Cydonia vulgaris Pers.”, in Symbola ad historiam naturalem medii aevi. Plantas, animalia, lapides et cetera simplicia medicamenta quae in Polonia adhibebantur inde a XII usque ad XVI saeculum (quattuor cum tabulis), volume 1, Cracoviae: Sumptibus Universitatis, page 190
  • Rostafiński, Josephus (1900), “234 gdula”, in Symbola ad historiam naturalem medii aevi. Plantas, animalia, lapides et cetera simplicia medicamenta quae in Polonia adhibebantur inde a XII usque ad XVI saeculum (quattuor cum tabulis), volume 2, Cracoviae: Sumptibus Universitatis, page 80
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