przeciwny

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Old Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *protivьnъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /pr̝ɛt͡ɕivnɨː/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /pr̝ɛt͡ɕivnɨ/

Adjective

przeciwny

  1. hostile; unfriendly
  2. opposite; contrary
  3. unpleasant; disgusting
  4. derogatory; disgraceful; insulting
  5. opposed; against
  6. persistent; insistent; vehement
  7. moving in the opposite direction
  8. connecting opposite sentences or parts of a sentence

Derived terms

nouns

Descendants

  • Polish: przeciwny
  • Silesian: przeciwny

References

Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish przeciwny.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pʂɛˈt͡ɕiv.nɨ/
  • (Middle Polish) IPA(key): /pʂɛˈt͡ɕiv.nɨ/, /pr̝ɛˈt͡ɕiv.nɨ/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ivnɨ
  • Syllabification: prze‧ciw‧ny

Adjective

przeciwny (not comparable, derived adverb przeciwnie)

  1. opposite; reverse; contrary
    Cokolwiek ci powie, zrób coś przeciwnego.Whatever he tells you, do the opposite.
  2. opposed, against
    Synonyms: anty, odwrotny, przeciwstawny
    Dlaczego Kościół jest przeciwny antykoncepcji?Why is the Church against contraception?

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • przeciwny in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • przeciwny in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “przeciwny”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
  • PRZECIWNY”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century], 24.03.2023