jeżeli

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Polish

Etymology

Univerbation of je(st) +‎ że +‎ li.[1][2][3] First attested in 1588.[4]

Pronunciation

 
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  • Rhymes: -ɛli
  • Syllabification: je‧że‧li

Conjunction

jeżeli

  1. if
    Synonym: jeśli
    Jeżeli kochać, to nie indywidualnie! ― If to love, then not individually!
  2. (obsolete) if, whether
    Synonym: czy
  3. (Middle Polish) because
    Synonym: ponieważ

Usage notes

Combined forms for this word are uncommon and often formed for stylization.

Declension

Combined forms of jeżeli
singular plural
1st person jeżelim jeżeliśmy
2nd person jeżeliś jeżeliście
3rd person jeżeli jeżeli

Descendants

  • → Kashubian: jeżlë, eżlë, żelë, żlë
  • → Silesian: jeżeli

Trivia

According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), jeżeli is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 50 times in scientific texts, 7 times in news, 84 times in essays, 32 times in fiction, and 69 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 242 times, making it the 220th most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.[5]

Adverb

jeżeli

  1. (Far Masovian) as, like
    Synonym: jak
    Chłop wysoki jeżeli dąb. ― The boy is tall like an oak.

References

  1. ^ Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “jeżeli”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN
  2. ^ Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “jeżeli”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego (in Polish)
  3. ^ Sławski, Franciszek (1958-1965) “jeżeli”, in Jan Safarewicz, Andrzej Siudut, editors, Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Towarzystwo Miłośników Języka Polskiego
  4. ^ Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “jeżeli”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku
  5. ^ Ida Kurcz (1990) “jeżeli”, in Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (in Polish), volume 1, Kraków, Warszawa: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Języka Polskiego, page 166

Further reading

Silesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish jeżeli.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jɛˈʐɛ.li/
  • Rhymes: -ɛli
  • Syllabification: je‧że‧li

Conjunction

jeżeli

  1. Synonym of jeśli

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