osnowa

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Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *osnova.

Pronunciation

 
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  • Rhymes: -ɔva
  • Syllabification: o‧sno‧wa

Noun

osnowa f

  1. (weaving) warp
    Coordinate term: wątek
  2. groundwork
  3. theme, subject (of literature)
  4. (obsolete, grammar) stem (the first part of a word, before the inflecting suffixes)
  5. (Far Masovian) Synonym of treść
    Powiédz mi całe osnowy ty rzecy.Tell me all the details of this thing.

Declension

Further reading

  • osnowa in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • osnowa in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Wojciech Grzegorzewicz (1894) “osnowa”, in Sprawozdania Komisji Językowej Akademii Umiejętności (in Polish), volume 5, Krakow: Akademia Umiejętności, page 117