ładny

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See also: ladny, ladný, Ładny, and ładnÿ

Kashubian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ladьnъ. By surface analysis, łôd +‎ -ny.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈwad.ni/
  • Rhymes: -adni
  • Syllabification: ład‧ny

Adjective

ładny (comparative ładniészi, superlative nôładniészi, derived adverb ładnie)

  1. (rare) pretty; fine, nice

Declension

Further reading

  • Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “ładny”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi
  • ładny”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ladьnъ with a semantic shift of orderly > having an orderly appearance > good-looking.[1][2][3][4][5] By surface analysis, ład +‎ -ny. First attested in 1588.[6] Compare Hungarian csinos.

Pronunciation

 
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  • Rhymes: -adnɘ
  • Syllabification: ład‧ny
  • Homophone: Ładny

Adjective

ładny (comparative ładniejszy, superlative najładniejszy, derived adverb ładnie or ładno)

  1. pretty; handsome; nice-looking
    Synonyms: (obsolete) nadobny, urodziwy
    Antonyms: brzydki, nieładny, szpetny
  2. fine, nice, decent (evoking positive emotions or positively assessed)
    Synonym: (obsolete) nadobny
  3. (colloquial) nice, decent (such that one wants to draw attention to)
  4. (colloquial, ironic) pretty; handsome; nice-looking
    Synonym: śliczny
  5. (Middle Polish) orderly
    Synonym: uporządkowany

Declension

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Trivia

According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), ładny is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 1 time in scientific texts, 4 times in news, 0 times in essays, 23 times in fiction, and 38 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 66 times, making it the 988th most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.[7]

References

  1. ^ Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “ładny”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN
  2. ^ Mańczak, Witold (2017) “ładny”, in Polski słownik etymologiczny (in Polish), Kraków: Polska Akademia Umiejętności, →ISBN
  3. ^ Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “ładny”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
  4. ^ Sławski, Franciszek (1958-1965) “ładny”, in Jan Safarewicz, Andrzej Siudut, editors, Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological dictionary of the Polish language] (in Polish), Kraków: Towarzystwo Miłośników Języka Polskiego
  5. ^ Krystyna Długosz-Kurczabowa (2021) “ładny”, in Wielki słownik etymologiczno-historyczny języka polskiego, →ISBN
  6. ^ Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “ładny”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
  7. ^ Ida Kurcz (1990) “ładny”, in Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej [Frequency dictionary of the Polish language] (in Polish), volume 1, Kraków, Warszawa: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Języka Polskiego, page 225

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