Z historii pewnego frazeologizmu: złożyć ręce w małdrzyk

• Authors: Kosek Iwona

Title variants

EN

On the history of one phraseological unit: złożyć ręce w małdrzyk

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

In the present paper the autor is describing the etymology of one phraseologism – złożyć ręce (rączki/dłonie) w małdrzyk, which contains an isolated commponent (małdrzyk). According to the observations made in the article, the unit is strictly connected with the culture of the speaking society: it signifies (“fixes”) a gesture (forming hands in a specially way) and its meaning is the meaning of the gesture in communication, then the unit has got symbolic motivation (according to Lewicki). The phraseologism złożyć ręce w małdrzyk “lived” in the language as long as the behavior therefore it is hardly ever out of use in contemporary Polish.

Keywords

PL

związek frazeologiczny; komponent izolowany; etymologia

EN

phraseological unit; isolated component; ethymology

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Warmińsko-Mazurski w Olsztynie
• Journal: Prace Językoznawcze
• Year: 2011
• Issue: 13
• Pages: 103-109

Contributors

author

Kosek Iwona

• Uniwersytet Warmińsko-Mazurski w Olsztynie