raczej

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Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish radszej (comparative degree of rado (“willingly”)) with an affrication of -dsz- due to frequent use.[1][2][3] For a similar affrication, compare przecież.

Pronunciation

 
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  • Rhymes: -at͡ʂɛj
  • Syllabification: ra‧czej

Particle

raczej

  1. denotes hesitation but a preference towards something; rather; fairly, kind of
    Było raczej gorąco. ― It was rather hot.
  2. used to state that a given trait is more apt to describe something as opposed to another; rather; not
    Nie byłem głodny, raczej spragniony. ― I wasn't hungry, rather thirsty.
  3. used to replace a previously used word; no wait; actually
    On był głodny, spragiony raczej. ― He was hungry... actually no, thirsty.
  4. (Middle Polish) especially; above all

Trivia

According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), raczej is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 27 times in scientific texts, 4 times in news, 13 times in essays, 23 times in fiction, and 22 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 89 times, making it the 716th most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.[4]

References

  1. ^ Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “raczej”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN
  2. ^ Mańczak, Witold (2017) “raczej”, in Polski słownik etymologiczny (in Polish), Kraków: Polska Akademia Umiejętności, →ISBN
  3. ^ Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “raczej”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego (in Polish)
  4. ^ Ida Kurcz (1990) “raczej”, in Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (in Polish), volume 2, Kraków, Warszawa: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Języka Polskiego, page 481

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