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Old Polish
Etymology
From jakże + -by. First attested in the. Compare Polish jakżeby.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /jaɡʒʲɛbɨ/
- IPA(key): (15th CE) /jaɡʒʲɛbɨ/
Conjunction
jakżeby
- (hapax) as soon as
References
- B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “jakżeby”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN
Polish
Etymology
From jakże + -by. First attested in the. Compare Old Polish jakżeby.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /jaɡˈʐɛ.bɘ/
- Rhymes: -ɛbɘ
- Syllabification: jak‧że‧by
Particle
jakżeby
- introduces a rhetorical question deemed impossible by the speaker; however
- introduces an optative clause; how
Declension
Combined forms of jakżeby
Further reading
- jakżeby in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “jakżeby”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
- jakżeby in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego