sposób

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See also: spôsob, sposōb, and spósob

Masurian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish sposób. By surface analysis, deverbal from sposobzicz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Syllabification: spo‧sób

Noun

sposób m inan

  1. way, manner, method

Old Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sъposobъ. By surface analysis, deverbal from sposobić. First attested in c. 1400.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

sposób m ?

  1. shape, figure
    Synonym: sposoba
    • 1885 [c. 1400], Jan Baudouina de Courtenay, Jan Karłowicz, Antoni Adam Kryńskiego, Malinowski Lucjan, editors, Prace Filologiczne‎, volume IV, page 753:
      Sposob figuram (praeterit enim figura huius mundi I Cor 7, 31)
      [Sposob figuram (praeterit enim figura huius mundi I Cor 7, 31)]

Derived terms

adjective
verbs

Related terms

adjective
adverb
    nouns
    verbs

    Descendants

    • Masurian: sposób
    • Polish: sposób
    • Silesian: sposōb

    References

    Polish

    Etymology

    Inherited from Old Polish sposób. By surface analysis, deverbal from sposobić.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    sposób m inan

    1. way; how (method or manner of doing something)
    2. way (set of traits referring to a person, mannerism)
    3. trick way; technique, solution, system (way of dealing with or taking care of something)
      Mam na to sposób. ― I've got something/a trick for that.
    4. (obsolete) form, type, kind
      Synonyms: forma, rodzaj, typ
    5. (obsolete) appearance; facade; guise
      Synonyms: pozór, powierzchowność
    6. (obsolete) property
      Synonyms: majątek, mienie
    7. (obsolete) architectural or painting style
    8. (obsolete) dowry
      Synonym: posag
    9. (obsolete) occasion, opportunity
      Synonyms: okazja, sposobność
    10. (obsolete, grammar) mood
      Synonym: tryb

    Declension

    Declension of sposób
    singular plural
    nominative sposób sposoby
    genitive sposobu sposobów
    dative sposobowi sposobom
    accusative sposób sposoby
    instrumental sposobem sposobami
    locative sposobie sposobach
    vocative sposobie sposoby

    Derived terms

    adverbs
    defective verb
    verbs

    Further reading

    • sposób in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
    • sposób in Polish dictionaries at PWN
    • Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “sposób”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
    • “SPOSÓB”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century], 2023 April 5
    • Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “sposób”, in Słownik języka polskiego‎
    • Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “sposób”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861‎
    • J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1915), “sposób”, in Słownik języka polskiego‎ (in Polish), volume 6, Warsaw, page 322
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