szybki

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Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʂɨp.ki/
  • (Middle Polish) IPA(key): /ˈʂɨp.ki/
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  • Rhymes: -ɨpki
  • Syllabification: szyb‧ki

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *šȋbъkъ. First attested in 1638.

Adjective

szybki (comparative szybszy, superlative najszybszy, derived adverb szybko)

  1. fast, quick (happening quickly)
    Antonyms: powolny, wolny
  2. fast, quick (moving with great speed, or capable of doing so; swift, rapid)
    Synonyms: prędki, chyży, wartki
    Antonyms: powolny, wolny
  3. fast, quick (capable of performing a task quickly)
    Antonyms: powolny, wolny
  4. fast, quick (having elements occur in a short time)
    Antonyms: powolny, wolny
  5. fast, quick (occurring soon after something else)
    Synonym: rychły
  6. fast, quick (done quickly)
    Antonyms: powolny, wolny
  7. fast, quick (reacting too quickly usually without thinking)
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Trivia

According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), szybki is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 31 times in scientific texts, 14 times in news, 27 times in essays, 10 times in fiction, and 1 time in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 83 times, making it the 774th most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

szybki f

  1. inflection of szybka:
    1. genitive singular
    2. nominative/accusative/vocative plural

References

  1. ^ Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “szybki”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN
  2. ^ Mańczak, Witold (2017) “szybki”, in Polski słownik etymologiczny (in Polish), Kraków: Polska Akademia Umiejętności, →ISBN
  3. ^ Publius Ovidius Naso (1638) Walerian Otwinowski (Otfinowski), transl., Księgi Metamorphoseon to iest, Przemian, Od Pvblivsa Owidyvsza Nasona Wierszami opisane; A Przez Waleryana Otfinowskiego, Na Polskie przetłumaczone, y do Druku podane (in Polish), page 75
  4. ^ Ida Kurcz (1990) “szybki”, in Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej [Frequency dictionary of the Polish language]‎ (in Polish), volume 2, Kraków, Warszawa: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Języka Polskiego, page 583

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