jednak

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word jednak. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word jednak, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say jednak in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word jednak you have here. The definition of the word jednak will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofjednak, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

Kashubian

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish jednak.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈjɛd.nak/
  • Rhymes: -ɛdnak
  • Syllabification: jed‧nak

Conjunction

jednak

  1. however

Particle

jednak

  1. expresses an unexpected situation; after all

Further reading

  • Stefan Ramułt (1893) “jednak”, in Słownik języka pomorskiego czyli kaszubskiego (in Kashubian), page 61
  • Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “jednak”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎
  • “jednak”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

Polish

Etymology

Clipping of jednako, from Old Polish jednako.[1][2] First attested in 1500–1547.[3]

Pronunciation

 
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛdnak
  • Syllabification: jed‧nak

Conjunction

jednak

  1. however
    Synonyms: atoli, aliści, ale, natomiast, jednakże, niemniej
  2. (Middle Polish) The meaning of this term is uncertain.
    • 1564, J. Mączyński, Lexicon‎, page 439b:
      Tamen coniunctio, Wſzákże/ yednák wżdy.
      [Tamen coniunctio, Wszakże/ jednak wżdy.]
    • 1564, J. Mączyński, Lexicon‎, page 439b:
      tu tamen perge ut coepisti, Ty yednák pochadzay przedſię yákoś pocżął.
      [tu tamen perge ut coepisti, Ty jednak pochadzaj przedsię jakoś począł.]
    • 1564, J. Mączyński, Lexicon‎, page 489a:
      Verum coniunctio, Ale/ wżdy/ yednák.
      [Verum coniunctio, Ale/ wżdy/ jednak.]

Particle

jednak

  1. expressing an unexpected situation; after all
    Szef powiedział, że jednak musimy przyjść do biura jutro. ― The boss said that we have to come in to the office tomorrow after all.
  2. (Middle Polish) indeed, really, actually
    Synonyms: naprawdę, rzeczywiście, zaprawdę
  3. (Middle Polish) unfortunately
    Synonym: niestety
  4. (Middle Polish) at least
    Synonym: przynajmniej
  5. (Middle Polish) The meaning of this term is uncertain.
    • 1564, J. Mączyński, Lexicon‎, page 9a:
      Anantapodoton, […] Niezupełne wyrzeczenie słów/ które yednák máyą być rozumiáne.
      [Anantapodoton, […] Niezupełne wyrzeczenie słów/ które jednak mają być rozumiane.]
    • 1564, J. Mączyński, Lexicon‎, page 73d:
      Currentem incitare, Nápomináć tego/ ktory yednák doſyć z ſiebie czini.
      [Currentem incitare, Napominać tego/ który jednak dosyć z siebie czyni.]
    • 1564, J. Mączyński, Lexicon‎, page 509c:
      Vti Yáko gdy. Vtique, Yednak.
      [Vti Jako gdy. Vtique, Jednak.]
    • 1588, A. Calepinus, Dictionarium decem linguarum‎, page 111a:
      Attamen ‒ Wſzakze. Iednak
      [Attamen ‒ Wszakże. Jednak]

Adverb

jednak (not comparable)

  1. (Middle Polish) identically
    Synonyms: jednako, jednakowo
  2. (Middle Polish) unchangingly
    Synonym: niezmiennie

Descendants

  • → Kashubian: jednak
  • → Silesian: jednak

Trivia

According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), jednak is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 209 times in scientific texts, 76 times in news, 173 times in essays, 129 times in fiction, and 81 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 668 times, making it the 69th most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.[4]

References

  1. ^ Sławski, Franciszek (1958-1965) “jednak”, in Jan Safarewicz, Andrzej Siudut, editors, Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological dictionary of the Polish language] (in Polish), Kraków: Towarzystwo Miłośników Języka Polskiego
  2. ^ Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “jednak”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
  3. ^ Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “jednak”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
  4. ^ Ida Kurcz (1990) “jednak”, in Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej [Frequency dictionary of the Polish language] (in Polish), volume 1, Kraków, Warszawa: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Języka Polskiego, page 163

Further reading

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jêdnaːk/
  • Hyphenation: jed‧nak

Adjective

jȅdnāk (Cyrillic spelling је̏дна̄к, definite jȅdnākī)

  1. equal, identical, same
    Broj pasa i mačaka je jednak. ― The number of cats and dogs is equal.

Declension

indefinite forms
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative jednak jednaka jednako
genitive jednaka jednake jednaka
dative jednaku jednakoj jednaku
accusative inanimate
animate 		jednak
jednaka 		jednaku jednako
vocative jednak jednaka jednako
locative jednaku jednakoj jednaku
instrumental jednakim jednakom jednakim
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative jednaki jednake jednaka
genitive jednakih jednakih jednakih
dative jednakim(a) jednakim(a) jednakim(a)
accusative jednake jednake jednaka
vocative jednaki jednake jednaka
locative jednakim(a) jednakim(a) jednakim(a)
instrumental jednakim(a) jednakim(a) jednakim(a)
definite forms
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative jednaki jednaka jednako
genitive jednakog(a) jednake jednakog(a)
dative jednakom(u/e) jednakoj jednakom(u/e)
accusative inanimate
animate 		jednaki
jednakog(a) 		jednaku jednako
vocative jednaki jednaka jednako
locative jednakom(e/u) jednakoj jednakom(e/u)
instrumental jednakim jednakom jednakim
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative jednaki jednake jednaka
genitive jednakih jednakih jednakih
dative jednakim(a) jednakim(a) jednakim(a)
accusative jednake jednake jednaka
vocative jednaki jednake jednaka
locative jednakim(a) jednakim(a) jednakim(a)
instrumental jednakim(a) jednakim(a) jednakim(a)

Silesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish jednak.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈjɛd.nak/
  • Rhymes: -ɛdnak
  • Syllabification: jed‧nak

Conjunction

jednak

  1. however
    Synonyms: ale, atoli, jednakowōż, jednakōż, jednakże

Particle

jednak

  1. expressing an unexpected situation; after all

Further reading

Wikious
Boobota
Sagapedia