See also: prad and Prad

Kashubian edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *prǫdъ. By surface analysis, deverbal from przesc.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈprõt/
  • Syllabification: prąd

Noun edit

prąd m inan

  1. current (flow of electricity)
    Synonym: sztróm
  2. power (electricity powering some building or place)
    Synonym: sztróm
  3. current (part of a fluid that moves continuously in a certain direction)

Declension edit

Further reading edit

  • Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “prąd”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi[2]
  • prąd”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

Old Polish edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *prǫdъ. By surface analysis, deverbal from prząść. First attested in the 15th century.

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

prąd m inan

  1. stream, creek (small natural flow of water)

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Descendants edit

  • Masurian: prónd
  • Polish: prąd
  • Silesian: prōnd

References edit

Polish edit

 
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Etymology edit

Inherited from Old Polish prąd. By surface analysis, deverbal from prząść.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

prąd m inan

  1. current (flow of electricity)
  2. power (electricity powering some building or place)
    Synonyms: elektryczność, elektryka, energia, światło
  3. current (part of a fluid that moves continuously in a certain direction)
    Synonym: nurt
  4. (figuratively) current, flow, stream (large number of people or vehicles filling a road and moving in one direction)
  5. current (flow of water and gas in the air affecting the atmosphere)
  6. trend, movement
    Synonyms: kierunek, tendencja, trend
    prąd literackiliterary movement
  7. (engineering) flow (artificial stream of liquid)
  8. (regional) tree sunk in a river bed that is dangerous for those traveling by raft or boat

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Trivia edit

According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), prąd is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 62 times in scientific texts, 3 times in news, 3 times in essays, 4 times in fiction, and 5 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 77 times, making it the 840th most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.[1]

References edit

  1. ^ Ida Kurcz (1990) “prąd”, 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 432

Further reading edit

  • prąd in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • prąd in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “prąd”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
  • Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “prąd”, in Słownik języka polskiego[4]
  • Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “prąd”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861[5]
  • A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1908), “prąd”, in Słownik języka polskiego[6] (in Polish), volume 4, Warsaw, page 988
  • Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “prąd 2-3”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)