ciekawy

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Polish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From ciekać +‎ -awy, from ciec with a semantic shift of flowing > fast > running to learn something, get news > wanting to know something, interested in something.[1][2][3][4] First attested in 1562.[5]

Pronunciation

 
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  • Rhymes: -avɘ
  • Syllabification: cie‧ka‧wy

Adjective

ciekawy (comparative ciekawszy, superlative najciekawszy, derived adverb ciekawie)

  1. (sometimes nominalized) curious, interested (wanting to find out more)
    Antonym: nieciekawy
  2. curious, interested (characteristic of someone wanting to find out more)
    Synonym: zaciekawiony
  3. curious, interesting (evoking curiosity or interest in people)
    Synonyms: interesujący, zajmujący
    Antonym: nieciekawy
  4. (obsolete) willing (happy or wanting to do something)
    Synonyms: chętny, ochoczy, skory
  5. (obsolete) quick-witted; astute
    Synonyms: domyślny, przenikliwy
  6. (obsolete) clever; funny
    Synonym: dowcipny
  7. (obsolete) graceful
    Synonyms: zgrabny, zręczny
  8. (obsolete, hunting, of chase dogs) chasing by scent
  9. (Middle Polish, sometimes nominalized) fast, quick
    Synonyms: bystry, ruchliwy, prędki, szybki
  10. (Middle Polish, sometimes nominalized) restless
    Synonym: niespokojny

Declension

Declension of ciekawy (hard)
singular plural
masculine animate masculine inanimate feminine neuter virile (= masculine personal) non-virile
nominative ciekawy ciekawa ciekawe ciekawi ciekawe
genitive ciekawego ciekawej ciekawego ciekawych
dative ciekawemu ciekawej ciekawemu ciekawym
accusative ciekawego ciekawy ciekawą ciekawe ciekawych ciekawe
instrumental ciekawym ciekawą ciekawym ciekawymi
locative ciekawym ciekawej ciekawym ciekawych
short ciekaw

Derived terms

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Descendants

Trivia

According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), ciekawy is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 19 times in scientific texts, 18 times in news, 8 times in essays, 16 times in fiction, and 30 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 91 times, making it the 694th most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.[6]

References

  1. ^ Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “ciekawy”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN
  2. ^ Mańczak, Witold (2017) “ciekawy”, in Polski słownik etymologiczny (in Polish), Kraków: Polska Akademia Umiejętności, →ISBN
  3. ^ Sławski, Franciszek (1958-1965) “ciekawy”, in Jan Safarewicz, Andrzej Siudut, editors, Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Towarzystwo Miłośników Języka Polskiego
  4. ^ Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “ciekawy”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego (in Polish)
  5. ^ Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “ciekawy”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku
  6. ^ Ida Kurcz (1990) “ciekawy”, in Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (in Polish), volume 1, Kraków, Warszawa: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Języka Polskiego, page 52

Further reading

Silesian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish ciekawy. By surface analysis, ciykać +‎ -awy.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡ɕɛˈka.vɪ/
  • Rhymes: -avɪ
  • Syllabification: cie‧ka‧wy

Adjective

ciekawy (comparative ciekawszy, superlative nojciekawszy, derived adverb ciekawie)

  1. curious, interested (wanting to find out more)
  2. curious, interesting (evoking curiosity or interest in people)

Declension

Declension of ciekawy
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine virile nonvirile
nominative ciekawy ciekawe ciekawŏ ciekawi ciekawe
genitive ciekawego ciekawyj ciekawych
dative ciekawymu ciekawyj ciekawym
accusative animate ciekawego ciekawe ciekawõ ciekawych ciekawe
inanimate ciekawy
instrumental ciekawym ciekawōm ciekawymi
locative ciekawym ciekawyj ciekawych
vocative ciekawy ciekawe ciekawŏ ciekawi ciekawe

Derived terms

nouns
verbs

Further reading

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