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Old Polish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kotorъjь. First attested in the 14th century. Cognate with Latin uter, Ancient Greek πότερος (póteros), Old English hwæþer.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /ktɔːrɨ/
- IPA(key): (15th CE) /ktorɨ/
Pronoun
który
- interrogative pronoun, referring to a number of choices; what, which one
- relative pronoun; that, who, which
Declension
This pronoun needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
References
Polish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Polish który.
Pronunciation
Pronoun
który
- interrogative pronoun, referring to a number of choices; what, which one
- relative pronoun; that, who, which
Declension
Declension of który (hard)
See also
Trivia
According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), który is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 738 times in scientific texts, 692 times in news, 722 times in essays, 601 times in fiction, and 244 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 2997 times, making it the 16th most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.
References
- ^ Ida Kurcz (1990), “który”, in Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej [Frequency dictionary of the Polish language] (in Polish), volume 1, Kraków; Warszawa: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Języka Polskiego, page 209
Further reading
- który in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- który in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- Maria Renata Mayenowa; Stanisław Rospond; Witold Taszycki; Stefan Hrabec; Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023), “ktory, chtory, ktery”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
- “KTÓRY”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century], 30.06.2018
- Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814), “który”, in Słownik języka polskiego
- Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861), “który”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
- J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “który”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 10