zabawa

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See also: Zabawa, zabawą, and Zabawą

Kashubian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *zabava. By surface analysis, deverbal from zabawic.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zaˈba.va/
  • Rhymes: -ava
  • Syllabification: za‧ba‧wa

Noun

zabawa f

  1. fun, amusement; game

Further reading

  • Stefan Ramułt (1893) “zabava”, in Słownik języka pomorskiego czyli kaszubskiego (in Kashubian), page 258
  • Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “zabawa”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi
  • zabawa”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

Old Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *zabava. By surface analysis, deverbal from zabawić. First attested in 1358.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

zabawa f

  1. The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include:
    1. (attested in Lesser Poland) weir
      • 1962-1975 [1358], Stanisław Kuraś, Irena Sułkowska-Kuraś, editors, Zbiór dokumentów małopolskich [A collection of documents from Lesser Poland]‎, volume I, Lesser Poland, page 113:
        Quod nos Borislaus et Andreas... donamus et assignamus perpetuo suum mansum... liberum pro cultura rectoris ecclesie..., quem exemptum esse volumus ab omnibus nostris iuribus,... similiter unam zabavam, lacum cum humuleto, pratum ad duodecim currus
        [Quod nos Borislaus et Andreas... donamus et assignamus perpetuo suum mansum... liberum pro cultura rectoris ecclesie..., quem exemptum esse volumus ab omnibus nostris iuribus,... similiter unam zabawę, lacum cum humuleto, pratum ad duodecim currus]
  2. (attested in Masovia) The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include:
    • 1839 [XV p. post.], Wacław Aleksander Maciejowski, editor, Pamiętniki o dziejach, piśmiennictwie i prawodawstwie Słowian, jako dodatek do historii prawodawstw słowiańskich przez siebie napisanej, volume II, Warsaw, page 351:
      Pyssali szedzøc od zabawy pywa, grzanky yedzøcz
      [Pisali siedząc od zabawy piwa, grzanki jedząc]
    1. A corruption of another term.
    2. entertainment, fun
verbs

Descendants

  • Polish: zabawa
  • Silesian: zabawa

References

  • Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “zabawa”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN
  • Mańczak, Witold (2017) “zabawa”, 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), “zabawa”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

Polish

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Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish zabawa. By surface analysis, deverbal from zabawić.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zaˈba.va/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ava
  • Syllabification: za‧ba‧wa
  • Homophone: Zabawa

Noun

zabawa f (related adjective zabawowy)

  1. fun, amusement; game (all activities done in order to spend time in a pleasant way)
    Synonyms: figiel, rozrywka
  2. party (gathering of usually invited guests for entertainment, fun and socializing)
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:impreza
  3. (colloquial) dance party with music
    Synonyms: balety, potańc, potańcówka, tańce, tańcówka
  4. play (act of dealing with something clumsily due to being prepared)
  5. (obsolete) employment; activity, engagement; job (that with which one engages)
  6. (obsolete) delay
    Synonyms: opóźnienie, zwłoka
  7. (obsolete) activity (act of engaging with something)
  8. (Middle Polish) battle
    Synonym: walka

Declension

Derived terms

adjectives
interjections
adjectives
adverbs
verbs

Further reading

  • zabawa in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • zabawa in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • zabawa in PWN's encyclopedia
  • Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “zabawa”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
  • ZABAWA”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century], 23.05.2023
  • Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “zabawa”, in Słownik języka polskiego
  • Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “zabawa”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
  • J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1927), “zabawa”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 8, Warsaw, page 16

Silesian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish zabawa. By surface analysis, deverbal from zabawić.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zaˈba.va/
  • Rhymes: -ava
  • Syllabification: za‧ba‧wa

Noun

zabawa f

  1. fun, amusement; game

Further reading

  • zabawa in silling.org
  • Henryk Jaroszewicz (2022) “zabawa”, in Zasady pisowni języka śląskiego (in Polish), Siedlce: Wydawnictwo Naukowe IKRBL, page 158