wiek

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See also: Wiek and Wíek

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch wieke, from Proto-West Germanic *weukā (flax bundle, wick), from Proto-Indo-European *weg- (to weave).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʋik/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: wiek
  • Rhymes: -ik

Noun

wiek f (plural wieken, diminutive wiekje n)

  1. sail of a windmill or blade on a wind turbine
  2. propeller of a helicopter or similar aircraft
  3. (archaic, poetic) wing
    Synonym: vleugel
  4. (chiefly Southern) wick
    Synonyms: lemmet, lont, pit

Derived terms

Kashubian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *věkъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvjɛk/
  • Rhymes: -ɛk
  • Syllabification: wiek

Noun

wiek m inan

  1. age (number of full years, months, days, hours, etc., that someone, or something, has been alive)
  2. age (stage of life)
  3. age (particular period of time in history, as distinguished from others)
  4. age, century (particular one hundred year period, i.e. 18th century etc)
  5. age (great period in the history of the Earth)
  6. age (advanced period of life; the latter part of life; the state of being old, old age, senility; seniority)
    Synonym: starota

Derived terms

adjective
adverb

Further reading

  • Stefan Ramułt (1893) “vjek”, in Słownik języka pomorskiego czyli kaszubskiego (in Kashubian), page 253
  • Jan Trepczyk (1994) “wiek”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volume 2, page 316
  • Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “wiek”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi, volume 2, page 1284
  • wiek”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka , Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

Old Polish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

wiek m inan

  1. (attested in Greater Poland) age (particular period of time in history, as distinguished from others)
  2. (in the plural, attested in Silesia) current age (time at which the world exists)
    • 1956 , Jerzy Woronczak, editor, Teksty polskie w rękopisie nr 43 Biblioteki Kapitulnej we Wrocławiu z połowy XV wieku, Silesia, page 84v:
      Novissime diebus istis locutus est (sc. deus) in filio, ... per quem fecit et secula weky (Hebr 1, 2)
  3. (in the plural, wiekowie, figurative) spirit (world within a person)
    • 1880-1894 , Sprawozdania Komisji Językowej Akademii Umiejętności, volume I, page 313:
      Et edificabuntur in te deserta seculorum, gl. id est columpne, muri et tecta spiritualis edificii bądą vstawyony swyathowye albo wyekowye (Is 58, 12)
  4. (attested in Lesser Poland) eternity (time without end)
    • 1939 , Ryszard Ganszyniec, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Kubica, Ludwik Bernacki, editors, Psałterz florjański łacińsko-polsko-niemiecki, Krakow: Zakład Narodowy imienia Ossolińskich, z zasiłkiem Sejmu Śląskiego , pages 24, 6:
      Wzpomen miloserdza twoia, gospodne, y slutowana twego, iasz od weka sø (quae a saeculo sunt)
  5. age (number of full years, months, days, hours, etc., that someone, or something, has been alive)
  6. age (all years of a person's life collectively; end of the world)
    • End of the 15th century, Józefa Reczka, Elżbieta Belcarzowa, editors, Glosy z rękopisu, number nr 414/11, Zakład Narodowy im. Ossolińskich we Lwowie, obecnie we Wro­cławiu, page 172:
      Hora cene, ut dicit Gregorius, est finis seculi, id est vltima etas vlg. vyek
  7. generation (single step or stage in the succession of natural descent)
  8. (attested in Lesser Poland) legal status not limited by time

Derived terms

adjective

Descendants

  • Polish: wiek
  • Silesian: wiek

References

  • Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “wiek”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN
  • Mańczak, Witold (2017) “wiek”, 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), “wiek”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Polish wiek, from Proto-Slavic *věkъ.

Pronunciation

 
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛk
  • Syllabification: wiek

Noun

wiek m inan (abbreviation w.)

  1. (uncountable) age (number of full years, months, days, hours, etc., that someone, or something, has been alive)
  2. (countable) age, century (particular one hundred year period, i.e. 18th century etc.)
    Synonym: stulecie
    Hypernym: okres
    XXI wiek21st century
  3. (countable) century (any period of one hundred years)
    Synonym: stulecie
  4. (countable) age (particular period of time in history, as distinguished from others)
    Synonyms: doba, epoka, era
    Hypernym: okres
  5. (countable, often in the plural) age (long time)
  6. (uncountable, obsolete) age (advanced period of life)
    Synonym: starość
  7. (countable) age (great period in the history of the Earth)
  8. (uncountable, obsolete) eternity (unending time)
Declension
Derived terms
adverb

Trivia

According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), wiek is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 94 times in scientific texts, 19 times in news, 20 times in essays, 16 times in fiction, and 33 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 182 times, making it the 313th most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

 
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛk
  • Syllabification: wiek

Noun

wiek n

  1. genitive plural of wieko

References

  1. ^ Ida Kurcz (1990) “wiek”, in Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (in Polish), volume 2, Kraków, Warszawa: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Języka Polskiego, page 664

Further reading

Silesian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish wiek.

Pronunciation

Noun

wiek m inan

  1. age (number of full years, months, days, hours, etc., that someone, or something, has been alive)
  2. age, century (particular one hundred year period, i.e. 18th century etc)
    Synonym: stolecie
  3. age (particular period of time in history, as distinguished from others)
    Synonyms: czasy, epoka

Declension

Declension of wiek
singular plural
nominative wiek wieki
genitive wieku wiekōw
dative wiekowi wiekōm
accusative wiek wieki
instrumental wiekym wiekami/wiekōma
locative wieku wiekach
vocative wieku wieki

Derived terms

adjective
adjective

Further reading