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Kashubian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *prǫdъ. By surface analysis, deverbal from przesc.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈprɔ̃t/
- Rhymes: -ɔ̃t
- Syllabification: prąd
Noun
prąd m inan
- current (flow of electricity)
- Synonym: sztróm
- power (electricity powering some building or place)
- Synonym: sztróm
- current (part of a fluid that moves continuously in a certain direction)
Declension
Further reading
- Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “prąd”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi
- “prąd”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022
Old Polish
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *prǫdъ. By surface analysis, deverbal from prząść. First attested in the 15th century.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /prɑ̃t/
- IPA(key): (15th CE) /prɑ̃t/
Noun
prąd m inan
- stream, creek (small natural flow of water)
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “prąd”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN
- Mańczak, Witold (2017) “prąd”, in Polski słownik etymologiczny (in Polish), Kraków: Polska Akademia Umiejętności, →ISBN
- Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “prąd 1”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
- B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “prąd”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN
Polish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Polish prąd. By surface analysis, deverbal from prząść.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɔnt
- Syllabification: prąd
Noun
prąd m inan
- current (flow of electricity)
- power (electricity powering some building or place)
- Synonyms: elektryczność, elektryka, energia, światło
- current (part of a fluid that moves continuously in a certain direction)
- Synonym: nurt
- (figuratively) current, flow, stream (large number of people or vehicles filling a road and moving in one direction)
- current (flow of water and gas in the air affecting the atmosphere)
- trend, movement
- Synonyms: kierunek, tendencja, trend
- prąd literacki ― literary movement
- (engineering) flow (artificial stream of liquid)
- (regional) tree sunk in a river bed that is dangerous for those traveling by raft or boat
Declension
Derived terms
Trivia
According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), prąd is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 62 times in scientific texts, 3 times in news, 3 times in essays, 4 times in fiction, and 5 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 77 times, making it the 840th most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.[1]
References
- ^ Ida Kurcz (1990) “prąd”, in Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej [Frequency dictionary of the Polish language] (in Polish), volume 1, Kraków, Warszawa: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Języka Polskiego, page 432
Further reading
- prąd in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- prąd in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “prąd”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
- Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “prąd”, in Słownik języka polskiego
- Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “prąd”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
- A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1908), “prąd”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 4, Warsaw, page 988
- Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “prąd 2-3”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)