fakt
Azerbaijani
Etymology
Internationalism; Likely from Russian факт (fakt), ultimately from Latin factum.
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Noun
fakt (definite accusative faktı, plural faktlar)
Declension
| Declension of fakt | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |||||||
| nominative | fakt |
faktlar | ||||||
| definite accusative | faktı |
faktları | ||||||
| dative | fakta |
faktlara | ||||||
| locative | faktda |
faktlarda | ||||||
| ablative | faktdan |
faktlardan | ||||||
| definite genitive | faktın |
faktların | ||||||
Further reading
- “fakt” in Obastan.com.
Czech
Alternative forms
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
fakt m inan
- fact
- Synonym: skutečnost
- Fakt jo? ― Really?; Seriously?
Declension
A more commonly used form for Nominative, Accusative and Vocative plural is fakta. This is a remnant of an earlier duplicate form faktum of neuter gender. For this reason when the plural form fakta is used, it is grammatically treated as having neuter gender, not masculine gender.
Related terms
Further reading
- fakt in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
- fakt in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
- fakt in Internetová jazyková příručka
Kashubian
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
fakt m inan
- fact (something which is real; something actual as opposed to invented)
Further reading
- Jan Trepczyk (1994) “fakt”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volume 1, page 156
- Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “fakt”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi, volume 1, page 391
Polish
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin factum. First attested in 1843.
Pronunciation
Noun
fakt m inan (diminutive fakcik)
- (countable) fact (something which is real; something actual as opposed to invented)
- (uncountable) fact (something considered obvious by the speaker)
Declension
Descendants
Particle
fakt
- that's a fact; the fact is
Derived terms
Trivia
According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), fakt is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 42 times in scientific texts, 30 times in news, 70 times in essays, 22 times in fiction, and 10 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 174 times, making it the 330th most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.
References
- ^ Sławski, Franciszek (1958-1965) “fakt”, in Jan Safarewicz, Andrzej Siudut, editors, Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological dictionary of the Polish language] (in Polish), Kraków: Towarzystwo Miłośników Języka Polskiego
- ^ Stanisław Dubisz, editor (2003), “fakt”, in Uniwersalny słownik języka polskiego [Universal dictionary of the Polish language] (in Polish), volumes 1-4, Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN SA, →ISBN
- ^ Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), “fakt”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN
- ^ Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “fakt”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
- ^ Ida Kurcz (1990) “fakt”, in Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej [Frequency dictionary of the Polish language] (in Polish), volume 1, Kraków, Warszawa: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Języka Polskiego, page 116
Further reading
- fakt in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- fakt in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “fakt”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
- J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “fakt”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 712
Serbo-Croatian
Alternative forms
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
fȁkt m (Cyrillic spelling фа̏кт)
Declension
References
- “fakt” in Hrvatski jezični portal
Silesian
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
fakt m inan
- fact (something which is real; something actual as opposed to invented)
Declension
Further reading
- fakt in silling.org
Slovak
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
fakt m inan (genitive singular faktu, nominative plural fakty, genitive plural faktov, declension pattern of dub)