dzień
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See also: Dzień
Old Polish
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dьnь. First attested in the 14th century.
Pronunciation
Noun
dzień m inan
- day; daytime (period between sunrise and sundown)
- day (24 hour period)
- Synonym: doba
- date; deadline
- time, period; moment
- day (distance travelled in one day)
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adjectives
noun
Descendants
References
- Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “dzień”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN
- Sławski, Franciszek (1958-1965) “dzień”, in Jan Safarewicz, Andrzej Siudut, editors, Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological dictionary of the Polish language] (in Polish), Kraków: Towarzystwo Miłośników Języka Polskiego
- Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “dzień”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
- B. Sieradzka-Baziur, editor (2011–2015), “dzień”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN
Polish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Polish dzień.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d͡ʑɛɲ/
- (Middle Polish) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʑɛɲ/, /ˈd͡ʑeɲ/
Audio 1 (file) Audio 2 (file) - Rhymes: -ɛɲ
- Syllabification: dzień
- Homophone: Dzień
Noun
dzień m inan (diminutive dzionek)
- day; daytime (period between sunrise and sundown)
- Coordinate term: noc
- day (24 hour period)
- Synonym: doba
- day (date on a calendar)
- (usually in the plural) day (certain period of life)
- (Middle Polish) day; Further details are uncertain.
- 1579, A. Calagius, Synonyma Latina, page 476a:
- Tag. Dzień. Dies, diecula.
- 1588, A. Calepinus, Dictionarium decem linguarum, pages 335a, 321a:
- Diu adverb. pro die, a quo sit interdiu. ‒ wednie, długo, dzas [!] długi.
Declension
Declension of dzień
Derived terms
adjective
adjective/adverbs
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phrase
Related terms
adverbs
verb
Trivia
According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), dzień is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 65 times in scientific texts, 280 times in news, 47 times in essays, 175 times in fiction, and 151 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 718 times, making it the 63rd most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.
References
Further reading
- dzień in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- dzień in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “dzień, dziń”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
- Wiesław Morawski (13.09.2022) “DZIEŃ”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]
- Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “dzień”, in Słownik języka polskiego
- Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “dzień”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
- J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “dzień”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 644