poddany

From poddać + -any. Compare Czech poddaný, English subject, French sujet, German Untertan, and Swedish undersåte.

• IPA^(key): /pɔdˈda.nɘ/

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• Rhymes: -anɘ
• Syllabification: pod‧da‧ny

poddany m pers (female equivalent poddana)

1. (nominalized) subject (citizen in a monarchy)
2. (nominalized, historical) serf, carl (partially free peasant of a low hereditary class, attached like a slave to the land owned by a feudal lord and required to perform labour, enjoying minimal legal or customary rights)

   Synonym: chłop pańszczyźniany

poddany (passive adjectival)

1. masculine singular passive adjectival participle of poddać

• “poddany”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “poddany”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)