wybitny

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Polish

Etymology

From wybity +‎ -ny. First attested in 1743.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vɨˈbit.nɨ/
  • (Middle Polish) IPA(key): /vɨˈbit.nɨ/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -itnɨ
  • Syllabification: wy‧bit‧ny

Adjective

wybitny (comparative wybitniejszy, superlative najwybitniejszy, derived adverb wybitnie)

  1. outstanding, excellent; remarkable, notable; prominent (characterized by exceptional talent, abilities, or achievement)
    Synonyms: znakomity; see also Thesaurus:dobry
    Antonym: przeciętny
  2. outstanding, excellent; remarkable, notable; prominent (created by such a person)
    Synonym: znakomity
    Antonym: przeciętny
  3. prominent (exceptionally large or intense)
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:duży
  4. prominent (exceptionally tall against other things nearby)

Declension

Descendants

  • Kashubian: wëbitny

Trivia

According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), wybitny is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 15 times in scientific texts, 17 times in news, 24 times in essays, 1 time in fiction, and 1 time in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 58 times, making it the 1123rd most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.

References

  1. ^ Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “wybitny”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN
  2. ^ Mańczak, Witold (2017) “wybitny”, in Polski słownik etymologiczny (in Polish), Kraków: Polska Akademia Umiejętności, →ISBN
  3. ^ Wojciech Bystrzonowski (1743) Wojciech Bystrzonowski, Jnformacya matematyczna, rozumnie ciekawego polaka Swiat cały, niebo, y ziemię, y co ná nich iest, w trudnych kwestyach y praktyce, iemuż ułatwiająca (in Polish), JNFORMACYA COSMOGRAFICZNA O SFERZE SWIATA, page F
  4. ^ Ida Kurcz (1990) “wybitny”, in Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej [Frequency dictionary of the Polish language]‎ (in Polish), volume 2, Kraków, Warszawa: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Języka Polskiego, page 688

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