rolnik

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word rolnik. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word rolnik, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say rolnik in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word rolnik you have here. The definition of the word rolnik will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofrolnik, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
See also: rolník

Kashubian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From rolô +‎ -nik.

Pronunciation

Noun

rolnik m pers (related adjective rolniczi)

  1. (agriculture) farmer (person who works the land and/or who keeps livestock)
    1. farmer who practices agriculture on a smaller scale usually for his own needs and with his family
  2. (colloquial) man (adult human male)
    Synonym: chłop
  3. (colloquial) partner (husband, male fiancé, or boyfriend)

Derived terms

nouns
adjectives

Further reading

  • Stefan Ramułt (1893) “rolńik”, in Słownik języka pomorskiego czyli kaszubskiego (in Kashubian), page 182
  • Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “rolnik”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi
  • rolnik”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

Old Polish

Etymology

From rola +‎ -nik. First attested in 1471.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

rolnik m animacy unattested

  1. (agriculture) farmer (person who works the land and/or who keeps livestock)
    • 1901 [1471], Materiały i Prace Komisji Językowej Akademii Umiejętności w Krakowie, volume V, page 6:
      Rusticus rolnyk, oracz (Prol)
      [Rusticus rolnik, oracz (Prol)]
adjectives
nouns

Descendants

  • Polish: rolnik
  • Silesian: rolnik

References

  • Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “rolny I”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN
  • Mańczak, Witold (2017) “rolny I”, in Polski słownik etymologiczny (in Polish), Kraków: Polska Akademia Umiejętności, →ISBN
  • Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “rolnik”, 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), “rolnik”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish rolnik. By surface analysis, rola +‎ -nik. Compare Kashubian rolnik.

Pronunciation

 
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔlɲik
  • Syllabification: rol‧nik

Noun

rolnik m pers (female equivalent rolniczka, related adjective rolniczy)

  1. (agriculture) farmer (person who works the land and/or who keeps livestock)
    Synonym: farmer
  2. (agriculture) farmer (expert in farming or agriculture)

Declension

Derived terms

nouns
adjectives
adverbs
nouns

Trivia

According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), rolnik is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 5 times in scientific texts, 21 times in news, 52 times in essays, 2 times in fiction, and 0 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 80 times, making it the 807th most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.[1]

References

  1. ^ Ida Kurcz (1990) “rolnik”, in Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej [Frequency dictionary of the Polish language] (in Polish), volume 2, Kraków, Warszawa: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Języka Polskiego, page 496

Further reading

  • rolnik in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • rolnik in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “rolnik”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
  • ROLNIK”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century], 13.12.2010
  • Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “rolnik”, in Słownik języka polskiego
  • Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “rolnik”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
  • J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1912), “rolnik”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 5, Warsaw, page 559
  • rolnik in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego

Silesian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish rolnik. By surface analysis, rolŏ +‎ -nik.

Pronunciation

Noun

rolnik m pers

  1. (agriculture) farmer (person who works the land and/or who keeps livestock)

Derived terms

nouns

Further reading