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

Declension of osnowa
singular plural
nominative osnowa osnowy
genitive osnowy osnów
dative osnowie osnowom
accusative osnowę osnowy
instrumental osnową osnowami
locative osnowie osnowach
vocative osnowo osnowy

Further reading

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