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Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from German Initiative.[1][2][3] First attested in 1818.[4]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /i.ɲi.t͡sjaˈtɘ.va/
- Rhymes: -ɘva
- Syllabification: i‧ni‧cja‧ty‧wa
Noun
inicjatywa f (diminutive inicjatywny)
- (countable, literary) initiative (idea proposed by someone for implementation; new development; a fresh approach to something; a new way of dealing with a problem)
- (uncountable, literary) initiative (ability to act first or on one's own)
- Synonym: zaradność
- (uncountable, literary) advantage (condition, circumstance, opportunity or means, particularly favorable or chance to success, or to any desired end.)
- Synonym: przewaga
- (games) initiative (ability to play first)
- (uncountable, obsolete) action (act of carrying out a plan)
- Synonym: działalność
Declension
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- ^ Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “inicjatywa”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
- ^ Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “inicjatywa”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
- ^ Stanisław Dubisz, editor (2003), “inicjatywa”, in Uniwersalny słownik języka polskiego [Universal dictionary of the Polish language] (in Polish), volumes 1-4, Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN SA, →ISBN
- ^ Gazeta Krakowska (in Polish), number 104, 1818 December 30, page 1235
Further reading
- inicjatywa in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- inicjatywa in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “inicjatywa”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
- J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1902), “inicjatywa”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 2, Warsaw, page 93
- inicjatywa in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego