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Old Polish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *velikъ. First attested in the 15th century.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /vjɛlʲkiː/
- IPA(key): (15th CE) /vjɛlʲki/
Adjective
wielki (comparative więcszy, derived adverb wielko)
- great, large (big in size)
- Antonym: mały
- great, large (big in quanity, amount, etc.)
- Antonym: mały
- great, large (big, having a big impact (of emotions etc.))
- great (of large importance)
- Antonym: mały
- (of people) great (remarkable, standing out)
- Antonym: mały
- long (lasting a long time)
- Synonym: długi
- Antonym: mały
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
References
- Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “wielki”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN
- B. Sieradzka-Baziur, editor (2011–2015), “wielki, wieliki”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN
Polish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Old Polish wielki.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈvjɛl.ki/
- Rhymes: -ɛlki
- Syllabification: wiel‧ki
Adjective
wielki (comparative większy, superlative największy, derived adverb wielce)
- great, large (big in size)
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:duży
- Antonyms: mały, niewielki
- (typography) capital
- Synonym: duży
- Coordinate term: mały
- great, large (having a high intensity, scale, etc.)
- great (remarkable, standing out)
- great (of large importance)
- (of a position) high, grand (exalted in rank, station)
Declension
Declension of wielki (velar)
Derived terms
Trivia
According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), wielki is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 123 times in scientific texts, 93 times in news, 102 times in essays, 97 times in fiction, and 50 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 465 times, making it the 97th most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.
References
- ^ Ida Kurcz (1990) “wielki”, in Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej [Frequency dictionary of the Polish language] (in Polish), volume 2, Kraków, Warszawa: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Języka Polskiego, page 664
Further reading
- wielki in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- wielki in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “wielki”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
- “WIELKI”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century], 28.04.2022
- Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “wielki”, in Słownik języka polskiego
- Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “wielki”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
- J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1919), “wielki”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 7, Warsaw, page 568
- wielki in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego
Silesian
Etymology
Inherited from Old Polish wielki.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈvjɛlki/
- Rhymes: -ɛlki
- Syllabification: wiel‧ki
Adjective
wielki
- great, large (very big)
- great (large in degree)
- great (very important)
- great (talented)
Declension
Further reading