więc

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See also: wiec

Old Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vęťь. First attested in the 14th century.

Pronunciation

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

Adverb

więc

  1. (of an amount) more
  2. (of quality) better
  3. (of time) later

Particle

więc

  1. relational and so, and then
  2. resultative so, ergo
  3. contrastive whereas
  4. at that time
  5. and just, that's when
  6. that's why
  7. namely

Derived terms

conjunctions

Related terms

adverb

Descendants

  • Polish: więc
  • Silesian: wiync

References

Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish więc.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vjɛnt͡s/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛnt͡s
  • Syllabification: więc

Particle

więc

  1. ergo, so, therefore
    Synonyms: a więc, czyli, eo ipso, inaczej, inaczej mówiąc, innymi słowy, jednym słowem, krótko mówiąc, mianowicie, przeto, słowem, tedy, to jest, toteż, to znaczy, tym samym, w takim razie, w takim układzie, zatem, znaczy, znaczy się
  2. (obsolete) in addition, as well as, too

Related terms

adverb

Further reading

  • więc in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • więc in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “więc”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
  • Paweł Kupiszewski (09.08.2022) “WIĘC”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]
  • Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “więc”, in Słownik języka polskiego‎
  • Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “więc”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861‎
  • J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1919), “więc”, in Słownik języka polskiego‎ (in Polish), volume 7, Warsaw, page 601
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