Polish edit

Etymology edit

From jaki +‎ .[1] First attested in 1534.[2] Compare Kashubian jaczis, Masurian jekisz, and Silesian jakiś.

Pronunciation edit

Pronoun edit

jakiś

  1. some; unspecified member of the category described by the following word
    Synonyms: jaki, jeden, pewien
    W ogrodzie widziałem jakieś zwierzę.
    I saw some animal in the garden. (and I'm not sure what it was)
    Jeśli będziesz w sklepie, to kup jakąś herbatę.
    If you visit a store, buy some tea. (any tea will do)

Particle edit

jakiś

  1. (colloquial) used to express doubt on the usage of a term on the speaker's part; kinda, sorta
    Ona jest jakaś niemiła.She's kinda mean.
  2. (colloquial) used to express doubt on the amount on the speaker's part; about
    Synonyms: jaki, gdzieś
    Ma jakiś litr.It has about a liter.

Declension edit

In the accusative, the form jakiegoś is used for masculine personal and masculine animate nouns, while jakiś is used for masculine inanimate nouns.

Trivia edit

According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), jakiś is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 65 times in scientific texts, 4 times in news, 71 times in essays, 175 times in fiction, and 185 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 500 times, making it the 89th most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.[3]

Derived terms edit

pronoun

References edit

  1. ^ Sławski, Franciszek (1958-1965) “jakiś”, in Jan Safarewicz, Andrzej Siudut, editors, Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological dictionary of the Polish language] (in Polish), Kraków: Towarzystwo Miłośników Języka Polskiego
  2. ^ Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “jakiś”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
  3. ^ Ida Kurcz (1990) “jakiś”, in Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej [Frequency dictionary of the Polish language]‎[1] (in Polish), volume 1, Kraków, Warszawa: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Języka Polskiego, page 160

Further reading edit

Silesian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From jaki +‎ . Compare Polish jakiś and Kashubian jaczis.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈjakiɕ/
  • Rhymes: -akiɕ
  • Syllabification: ja‧kiś

Pronoun edit

jakiś

  1. some; unspecified member of the category described by the following word
    Synonyms: jedyn, (Cieszyn) kerysi, kerysik

Further reading edit