polityka
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See also: polityką
Polish
Etymology 1
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek πολιτική (τέχνη) (politikḗ (tékhnē), “art of politics”).[1][2][3] First attested in 1588.[4]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (prescriptive) /pɔˈli.tɘ.ka/, (colloquial) /pɔ.liˈtɘ.ka/
- (Middle Polish) IPA(key): /pɔˈli.tɨ.ka/
Noun
polityka f (diminutive polityczka, related adjective polityczny)
- politics (methodology and activities associated with running a government, an organization, or a movement)
- politics (political maneuvers or diplomacy between people, groups, or organizations, especially involving power, standing, influence or conflict)
- politics (profession of conducting political affairs)
- politics (skillful and orderly action to achieve specific goals)
- policy (plan or course of action)
- (obsolete) etiquette; politeness
- Synonym: etykieta
Declension
Declension of polityka
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Descendants
- → Kashubian: pòlitika
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
Noun
polityka m pers
Trivia
According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), polityka is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 18 times in scientific texts, 35 times in news, 83 times in essays, 5 times in fiction, and 3 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 144 times, making it the 404th most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.[5]
References
- ^ Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “polityka”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
- ^ Stanisław Dubisz, editor (2003), “polityka”, in Uniwersalny słownik języka polskiego [Universal dictionary of the Polish language] (in Polish), volumes 1-4, Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN SA, →ISBN
- ^ Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), “polityka”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN
- ^ Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “polityka”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
- ^ Ida Kurcz (1990) “polityka”, in Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej [Frequency dictionary of the Polish language] (in Polish), volume 1, Kraków, Warszawa: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Języka Polskiego, page 397
Further reading
- polityka in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- polityka in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- “POLITYKA”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century], 06.02.2023
- Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “polityka”, in Słownik języka polskiego
- Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “polityka”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
- A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1908), “polityka”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 4, Warsaw, page 537
- Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “polityka”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
Silesian
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Noun
polityka f (related adjective polityczny)
- politics (methodology and activities associated with running a government, an organization, or a movement)
- ignition wire (wire for igniting the gunpowder in a mortar)
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