praktyka

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See also: praktyką

Polish

Etymology 1

Internationalism; possibly borrowed from German Praktik or French pratique, ultimately from Latin practica.[1][2] First attested in 1529–1551.[3] Compare Silesian praktyka.

Pronunciation

 
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  • Rhymes: -aktɘka, -ɘka
  • Syllabification: prak‧ty‧ka

Noun

praktyka f

  1. (countable) practice (action customarily taken in a particular circumstance)
    Synonyms: nawyk, zwyczaj
  2. (uncountable) practice (actual operation or experiment, in contrast to theory)
    Near-synonym: teoria
  3. (uncountable) practice (repetition of an activity to improve a skill)
  4. (uncountable) practice (skills acquired through regular repetition)
  5. (countable) practice (learning a profession by performing it under the supervision of an experienced person)
  6. (countable) practice (independent carrying out of a profession)
  7. (countable) practice (repetition of an activity to improve a skill)
  8. (countable, Middle Polish) intrigue, plotting, scheme; machination
  9. (countable) fortune, prophecy
    Synonyms: przepowiednia, wróżba
  10. (countable) ability to tell fortunes
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Descendants
  • Kashubian: praktika

Trivia

According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), praktyka is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 19 times in scientific texts, 3 times in news, 45 times in essays, 4 times in fiction, and 1 time in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 72 times, making it the 897th most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.[4]

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /prakˈtɘ.ka/
  • Rhymes: -ɘka
  • Syllabification: prak‧ty‧ka

Noun

praktyka

  1. genitive/accusative singular of praktyk

References

  1. ^ Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “praktyka”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
  2. ^ Stanisław Dubisz, editor (2003), “praktyka”, in Uniwersalny słownik języka polskiego [Universal dictionary of the Polish language]‎ (in Polish), volumes 1-4, Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN SA, →ISBN
  3. ^ Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “praktyka”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
  4. ^ Ida Kurcz (1990) “praktyka”, in Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej [Frequency dictionary of the Polish language] (in Polish), volume 1, Kraków, Warszawa: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Języka Polskiego, page 430

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