obrót

See also: ôbrōt, òbrót, and ôbrót

Polish edit

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obrót

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *obvortъ.^[1]^[2]^[3] By surface analysis, deverbal from obrócić. First attested in 1535.^[4]

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈɔb.rut/
(Middle Polish) IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.brɔt/, /ˈɔ.brot/
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Rhymes: -ɔbrut
Syllabification: ob‧rót

Noun edit

obrót m inan

(countable) turn, rotation, revolution (turning of an object around its own or another object's axis)
obrót Ziemi ― Earth's rotation

obrót wokół osi ― rotation around an axis
(uncountable) turn (manner in which events unfold)
Synonym: zwrot

obrót zdarzeń ― turn of events
(uncountable, economics) turnover; trade; sales; payments (purchase and sale transactions) [+instrumental = in what]
Synonym: handel
(countable, obsolete, hunting) turn (deviation from a path; running turn performed by a fleeing animal)
(in the plural, obsolete, military) drill (military exercises, maneuvers)
Synonym: musztra
(uncountable, obsolete) cunning, trickery
Synonyms: fortel, obrotność, przebiegłość
1. (countable, obsolete) cunning person
(in the plural, obsolete) frolic, dancing, celebrations; troubles; torments, pickle, jam; danger
(countable, obsolete) pole (that on which something turns physically)
(countable, obsolete, zootomy) animal's vertebra
(countable, obsolete, anatomy) joint (part of the body where two bones join)
Synonym: staw
(uncountable, obsolete) circulation (flow of blood in the body)
Synonym: krążenie
(countable, obsolete, metallurgy) wooden furnace frame (wooden form that rotates on an axis, used in the construction of a blast furnace shaft and grates, corresponding to the internal shape of the furnace, and applied to the laid bricks)
(countable, obsolete, medicine) rotation of a fetus in a uterus to facilitate [[delivery]

Declension edit

Declension of obrót

	singular	plural
nominative	obrót	obroty
genitive	obrotu	obrotów
dative	obrotowi	obrotom
accusative	obrót	obroty
instrumental	obrotem	obrotami
locative	obrocie	obrotach
vocative	obrocie	obroty

Derived terms edit

adjectives

adverb

na obrotach

nouns

verbs

wziąć w obroty pf, brać w obroty impf

Related terms edit

verbs

obrócić pf, obracać impf

Trivia edit

According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), obrót is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 32 times in scientific texts, 14 times in news, 9 times in essays, 4 times in fiction, and 3 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 62 times, making it the 1054th most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.^[5]

References edit

^ Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “obrót”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN
^ Mańczak, Witold (2017) “obrót”, in Polski słownik etymologiczny (in Polish), Kraków: Polska Akademia Umiejętności, →ISBN
^ Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “obrót”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
^ Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “obrót”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
^ Ida Kurcz (1990) “obrót”, 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 305