racja

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See also: racją and rǡćja

Polish

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈra.t͡sja/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -at͡sja
  • Syllabification: ra‧cja

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Latin ratiō. Doublet of rezon (self-confidence). First attested in 1548. Compare Silesian racyjŏ.

Noun

racja f

  1. rightness, righteousness; fairness (that what is right, fair, or in accordance with reality)
    Synonym: słuszność
    Masz rację.You're right. (literally, “You have righteousness.”)
  2. point, reason (opinion which adds to the discussion; that which is used to convince)
    Synonym: argument
  3. cause, reason; justification (that what explains why something happened or why it is as it is, especially one based on something)
    Synonyms: powód, przyczyna
  4. cause (national or social interest)
    Synonyms: interes, sprawa
  5. (logic) sufficient condition (a sentence whose truth is a sufficient condition for recognizing the truth of another sentence)
  6. (Middle Polish) reason (faculty of capacity of the human mind)
    Synonym: rozum
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Trivia

According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), racja is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 2 times in scientific texts, 2 times in news, 13 times in essays, 17 times in fiction, and 44 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 78 times, making it the 828th most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.

Interjection

racja

  1. right!

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Etymology 2

Borrowed from German Ration. First attested in the 18th century.

Noun

racja f

  1. (literary) ration (portion of food allocated)
    Synonym: porcja
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References

  1. ^ Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “racja 1”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
  2. ^ Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “racja I”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
  3. ^ Stanisław Dubisz, editor (2003), “I racja”, in Uniwersalny słownik języka polskiego [Universal dictionary of the Polish language]‎ (in Polish), volumes 1-4, Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN SA, →ISBN
  4. ^ Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), “racja”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN
  5. ^ Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “racyja”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
  6. ^ Ida Kurcz (1990) “racja”, in Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej [Frequency dictionary of the Polish language]‎ (in Polish), volume 2, Kraków, Warszawa: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Języka Polskiego, page 481
  7. 7.0 7.1 Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “racja 2”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
  8. ^ Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “racja II”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
  9. ^ Stanisław Dubisz, editor (2003), “II racja”, in Uniwersalny słownik języka polskiego [Universal dictionary of the Polish language]‎ (in Polish), volumes 1-4, Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN SA, →ISBN

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