także

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See also: takze, tak że, and takže

Kashubian

Etymology

From tak +‎ -że.

West Slavic cognates include Czech takže, Polish także, Silesian także, and Slovak takže.

East Slavic cognates include Russian та́кже (tákže).

Pronunciation

Particle

także

  1. also, too

Further reading

  • także”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

Polish

Etymology

From tak +‎ -że.[1] First attested in the 16th century.[2]

West Slavic cognates include Czech takže, Kashubian także, Masurian takze, Silesian także, and Slovak takže.

East Slavic cognates include Russian та́кже (tákže).

Pronunciation

Particle

także

  1. also, too
    Synonyms: takoż, też, również

Conjunction

także

  1. Proscribed spelling of tak że

Trivia

According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), także is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 95 times in scientific texts, 110 times in news, 114 times in essays, 67 times in fiction, and 47 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 433 times, making it the 106th most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.[3]

References

  1. ^ Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “tak”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN
  2. ^ Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “także”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
  3. ^ Ida Kurcz (1990) “także”, in Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej [Frequency dictionary of the Polish language] (in Polish), volume 2, Kraków, Warszawa: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Języka Polskiego, page 595

Further reading

Silesian

Etymology

From tak +‎ -że.

West Slavic cognates include Czech takže, Kashubian także, Polish także, and Slovak takže.

East Slavic cognates include Russian та́кже (tákže).

Pronunciation

Particle

także

  1. also, too
    Synonyms: aji, tyż

Further reading