generalny

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See also: generálny

Polish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Adapted borrowing of Latin generālis +‎ -ny.[1][2][3] First attested in 1564.[4] Compare Silesian gyneralny.

Pronunciation

 
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  • Rhymes: -alnɘ
  • Syllabification: ge‧ne‧ral‧ny

Adjective

generalny (not generally comparable, comparative bardziej generalny or (less common) generalniejszy, superlative najbardziej generalny or (less common) najgeneralniejszy, derived adverb generalnie, abbreviation gen. or gener.)

  1. general (including or involving every part or member of a given or implied entity, whole etc.)
  2. general (giving or consisting of only the most important aspects of something, ignoring minor details)
    Synonym: ogólny
  3. general (of supreme rank, pre-eminent)
    Synonym: zwierzchni
  4. general (prevalent or widespread among a given class or area; common, usual)
    Synonym: powszechny
  5. general (including or involving every part or member of a given or implied entity, whole etc.)
  6. (Middle Polish) deciding; ultimate

Declension

Declension of generalny (hard)
singular plural
masculine animate masculine inanimate feminine neuter virile (= masculine personal) non-virile
nominative generalny generalna generalne generalni generalne
genitive generalnego generalnej generalnego generalnych
dative generalnemu generalnej generalnemu generalnym
accusative generalnego generalny generalną generalne generalnych generalne
instrumental generalnym generalną generalnym generalnymi
locative generalnym generalnej generalnym generalnych

Derived terms

nouns

Descendants

  • → Kashubian: generalny

Trivia

According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), generalny is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 7 times in scientific texts, 41 times in news, 16 times in essays, 5 times in fiction, and 1 time in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 70 times, making it the 917th most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.[5]

References

  1. ^ Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “generalny”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
  2. ^ Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “generalny”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
  3. ^ Stanisław Dubisz, editor (2003), “generalny”, in Uniwersalny słownik języka polskiego [Universal dictionary of the Polish language]‎ (in Polish), volumes 1-4, Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN SA, →ISBN
  4. ^ Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “jeneralny”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
  5. ^ Ida Kurcz (1990) “generalny”, in Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej [Frequency dictionary of the Polish language] (in Polish), volume 1, Kraków, Warszawa: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Języka Polskiego, page 126

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