niewola
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See also: niewolą
Polish
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *nevoľa. By surface analysis, nie- + wola.
Pronunciation
Noun
niewola f
- captivity
- slavery (the condition of being enslaved)
- (Near Masovian) necessity; coercion (that which one has to do under compulsion)
- A cóż mi to za niewola! ― I have no choice but to do this!
Declension
Declension of niewola
Derived terms
noun
verbs
Descendants
- → Low Prussian: Niwoll
Further reading
- niewola in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- niewola in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- Wanda Decyk-Zięba, editor (2018-2022), “niewola”, in Dydaktyczny Słownik Etymologiczno-historyczny Języka Polskiego [A Didactic, Historical, Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), →ISBN
- Zygmunt Wasilewski (1889) “niewola”, in Jagodne: wieś w powiecie łukowskim, gminie Dąbie: zarys etnograficzny (in Polish), Warsaw: M. Arct, page 243