fundusz
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Polish
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin fundus. Sense 3 is a semantic loan from French fonds. First attested in 1543. Compare Silesian fōndusz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfun.duʂ/
- (Middle Polish) IPA(key): /ˈfun.duʂ/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -unduʂ
- Syllabification: fun‧dusz
Noun
fundusz m inan (diminutive fundusik, related adjective funduszowy)
- fund (sum of money)
- fund (organization managing such money)
- (in the plural) funds, resources, means
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pieniądze
- (obsolete) bequest, legate, estate, foundation (granted or inherited goods)
- (obsolete) having fun at someone else's expense
Declension
Declension of fundusz
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | fundusz | fundusze |
| genitive | funduszu | funduszy |
| dative | funduszowi | funduszom |
| accusative | fundusz | fundusze |
| instrumental | funduszem | funduszami |
| locative | funduszu | funduszach |
| vocative | funduszu | fundusze |
Derived terms
nouns
Descendants
- → Kashubian: fùndusz
Trivia
According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), fundusz is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 0 times in scientific texts, 13 times in news, 56 times in essays, 2 times in fiction, and 1 time in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 72 times, making it the 894th most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “fundusz”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
- ^ Stanisław Dubisz, editor (2003), “fundusz”, in Uniwersalny słownik języka polskiego [Universal dictionary of the Polish language] (in Polish), volumes 1-4, Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN SA, →ISBN
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “fundusz”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
- ^ Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), “fundusz”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN
- ^ Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “fundusz”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
- ^ Ida Kurcz (1990) “fundusz”, in Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej [Frequency dictionary of the Polish language] (in Polish), volume 1, Kraków, Warszawa: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Języka Polskiego, page 122
Further reading
- fundusz in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- fundusze in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- fundusz in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- Wiesław Morawski (04.03.2019) “FUNDUSZ”, 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) “fundusz”, in Słownik języka polskiego
- Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “fundusz”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
- J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “fundusz”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 783