ustawa

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Old Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ustava. By surface analysis, deverbal from ustawić. First attested in the 15th century.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

ustawa f

  1. (law, attested in Lesser Poland) ordinance, legal provision, legal principle, statute

Derived terms

verbs
adjectives
adverbs
nouns
verbs

Descendants

  • Polish: ustawa
  • Silesian: ustawa

References

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

Polish

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Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish ustawa. By surface analysis, deverbal from ustawić.

Pronunciation

 
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  • Rhymes: -ava
  • Syllabification: u‧sta‧wa

Noun

ustawa f (related adjective ustawowy, abbreviation ust.)

  1. (law) act; statute; bill; law (generally applicable legal act, adopted by the highest state authorities, relating to a specific field)
  2. (obsolete, sometimes collective) rule (norm of behavior in some group)
  3. (obsolete) institution (act of instituting, enacting, or appoint)
    Synonym: ustanowienie
  4. (obsolete, law) sanction (penalty, punishment, or some coercive measure, intended to ensure compliance)
    Synonym: sankcja
  5. (obsolete) agreement; arrangement
    Synonyms: ugoda, układ
  6. (obsolete) placement (act of placing)
    Synonym: ustawienie
  7. (obsolete, philosophy) composition, makeup (that which makes up something; the way it is organized)

Declension

adverbs

Further reading

  • ustawa in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • ustawa in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “ustawa”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
  • USTAWA”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century], 09.09.2011
  • Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “ustawa”, in Słownik języka polskiego
  • Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “ustawa”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
  • J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1919), “ustawa”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 7, Warsaw, page 375

Silesian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish ustawa. By surface analysis, deverbal from ustawić.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /uˈsta.va/
  • Rhymes: -ava
  • Syllabification: u‧sta‧wa

Noun

ustawa f

  1. (rare, law) act; statute; bill (generally applicable legal act, adopted by the highest state authorities, relating to a specific field)
    Synonyms: gezec, ordōnek, zakōn

Further reading

  • Henryk Jaroszewicz (2022) “ustawa”, in Zasady pisowni języka śląskiego (in Polish), Siedlce: Wydawnictwo Naukowe IKRBL, page 147