bebłanie

Old Polish

Alternative forms

• beblanie (alternative reading)

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) First attested in 1475.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (10^th–15^th CE) /bɛbɫaɲɛː/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /bɛbɫaɲe/

Noun

bebłanie n

1. The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include:
   1. upset stomach (gurgling in the stomach, caused by the overflow of stomach contents, as a sign of digestive disorders) (Is there an English equivalent to this definition?)
      • 1900 [1475], Józef Rostafiński, editor, Symbola ad historiam naturalem medii aevi = Średniowieczna historya naturalna w Polsce. Ps 2‎^[1], number 97:

        Contra gulositates vlg. beblanye in ventre. Signum est venti

        [Contra gulositates vlg. bebłanie in ventre. Signum est venti]

References

• B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “(S) bebłanie czy beblanie”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN