See also: afirmatywą

Polish edit

Etymology edit

Learned borrowing from Latin affirmātīvus. First attested in 1583.[1]

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /a.fir.maˈtɨ.va/
  • (Middle Polish) IPA(key): /a.fir.maˈtɨ.va/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɨva
  • Syllabification: a‧fir‧ma‧ty‧wa

Noun edit

afirmatywa f

  1. (obsolete) affirmative, aye, yea (positive answer in voting) [16th–19th c.]

Declension edit

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References edit

  1. ^ Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “afirmatywa”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]

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