pytanie

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Old Polish

Etymology

From pytać +‎ -anie. First attested in c. 1301–1350.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

pytanie n

  1. verbal noun of pytać (to ask) (to inquire about information)
  2. act of asking a court for legal advice
    • 1972 , Józef Reczek, Wacław Twardzik, editors, Najstarsze staropolskie tłumaczenie ortyli magdeburskich wg rkpsu nr 50, page 61:
      Wasche pytanye o prawo (quaestio) gesth takye
  3. fee for submitting a question to court
    • 1895 , Archiwum Komisji Prawniczej. Collectanea ex Archivo Collegii Iuridici, volume V, page 284:
      Item damus..., quod requisicio in iudicio vlg. pythanye... recipi non debet neque extroqueri
  4. verbal noun of pytać (to seek, to search, to look for)
    • c. 1301-1350, Kazania świętokrzyskie, Miechów, page cv 17:
      Suøti troiaky skutek znameniti pocazuie v tih ue threh croleh poganskih: gih zødne croleuicha deuicø porodenego pitane
      trojaki skutek znamienity pokazuje w tych we trzech krolech pogańskich: jich żądne krolewica dziewicą porodzenego pytanie]
  5. question (problem or enigma to be solved)
  6. discussion
    • 1874-1891 , Rozprawy i Sprawozdania z Posiedzeń Wydziału Filologicznego Akademii Umiejętności, , , volume XXIV, page 85:
      Facta est contencio, vadzene albo pytane, inter eos (sc. discipulos), quis eorum videretur maior esse (Luc 22, 24)
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Descendants

  • Polish: pytanie
  • Silesian: pytanie

References

Polish

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Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish pytanie. By surface analysis, pytać +‎ -anie. Compare Kashubian pëtanié.

Pronunciation

 
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -aɲɛ
  • Syllabification: py‧ta‧nie

Noun

pytanie n (diminutive pytanko or pytańko, related adjective pytaniowy)

  1. (uncountable) verbal noun of pytać
  2. (countable) question (inquiry for information)
  3. (countable) question (subject or topic for consideration or investigation)
  4. (countable) question (task given to someone to solve in order to test their knowledge)
  5. (countable, Middle Polish) request
    Synonym: prośba
  6. (countable, Middle Polish) question; Further details are uncertain.
    • 1528, F. Mymer, Dictionarium, page 9v:
      Quaestio. Frage. Pytanie.
    • 1564, J. Mączyński, Lexicon, page 357c:
      Rogatio item, Proſzenie/ proźbá/ też pytánie.
    • 1588, A. Calepinus, Dictionarium decem linguarum, page 884a:
      Quaestiuncula – Pitanie maliuczkie.

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Trivia

According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), pytanie is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 17 times in scientific texts, 12 times in news, 40 times in essays, 21 times in fiction, and 25 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 115 times, making it the 528th most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.

References

  1. ^ Ida Kurcz (1990) “pytanie”, in Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (in Polish), volume 1, Kraków, Warszawa: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Języka Polskiego, page 480

Further reading

Silesian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish pytanie. By surface analysis, pytać +‎ -anie.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɪˈta.ɲɛ/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -aɲɛ
  • Syllabification: py‧ta‧nie

Noun

pytanie n

  1. verbal noun of pytać
  2. question (inquiry for information)

Declension

Declension of pytanie
singular plural
nominative pytanie pytania
genitive pytaniŏ pytań
dative pytaniu pytaniōm
accusative pytanie pytania
instrumental pytaniym pytaniami/pytaniōma
locative pytaniu pytaniach
vocative pytanie pytania

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