wesoły

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Polish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish wesoły, wiesieły, wiesioły, wiesoły (compare wiesiołek (“evening primrose, Oenothera”)), influenced by Old Czech veselý, from Proto-Slavic *vȅselъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *weselas, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁wes-e-lo-s, from *h₁wésus (“good”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vɛˈsɔ.wɨ/
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  • Rhymes: -ɔwɨ
  • Syllabification: we‧so‧ły

Adjective

wesoły (comparative weselszy, superlative najweselszy, derived adverb wesoło)

  1. merry
    Antonym: niewesoły
    Wesołych Świąt! ― Happy holidays!
  2. happy, jolly
    Antonym: niewesoły

Declension

Declension of wesoły (hard)
singular plural
masculine animate masculine inanimate feminine neuter virile (= masculine personal) non-virile
nominative wesoły wesoła wesołe weseli wesołe
genitive wesołego wesołej wesołego wesołych
dative wesołemu wesołej wesołemu wesołym
accusative wesołego wesoły wesołą wesołe wesołych wesołe
instrumental wesołym wesołą wesołym wesołymi
locative wesołym wesołej wesołym wesołych
short wesół

Derived terms

noun

Related terms

adjective
nouns
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Further reading

  • wesoły in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • wesoły in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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