obecność

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See also: ôbecność

Polish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From obecny +‎ -ość. Calque of German Anwesenheit.[1] Sense 3 is a semantic loan from German Gegenwart.[2] First attested in 1551.[3]

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): /ɔˈbɛt͡s.nɔɕt͡ɕ/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛt͡snɔɕt͡ɕ
  • Syllabification: o‧bec‧ność

Noun

obecność f

  1. presence (fact or condition of being present e.g. at a meeting)
    Antonyms: (formal) absencja, (Middle Polish) absentacyja, nieobecność
  2. presence (fact or condition of existing)
    Antonym: nieobecność
  3. (obsolete) present (now, present moment)
    Synonym: teraźniejszość
  4. (Middle Polish) community (group of people)
    Synonym: wspólnota

Declension

Derived terms

noun
preposition
noun
adverb

Descendants

  • Silesian: ôbecność

References

  1. ^ Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “obecność 1”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
  2. ^ Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “obecność 2”, 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) “obecność”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]

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