połowa
Masurian
editEtymology
editInherited from Old Polish połowa.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editpołowa f
- half (one of two usually roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided, or considered as divided)
- halfway point (moment or place equidistant or approximately equidistant from the beginning and end of something)
- half (one of two elements)
- half-moon
Further reading
editOld Polish
editEtymology
editBack-formation from połowica. First attested in 1412.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editpołowa f
- (attested in Greater Poland) half (one of two usually roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided, or considered as divided)
- 1967 [1412], Henryk Kowalewicz, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz, editors, Wielkopolskie roty sądowe XIV-XV wieku, Roty kościańskie, volume III, number 466, Kościan:
- [Poł]ouø yezora Mosczisk... [trzym]alemsz s pokoyem trszy[dzieści] lath y trszy lata
- [[Poł]owę jeziora Mościsk... [trzym]ałeśm s pokojem trzy[dzieści] lat i trzy lata]
Related terms
editadjectives
nouns
numerals
Descendants
editReferences
edit- Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “połowa”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN
- Mańczak, Witold (2017) “połowa”, in Polski słownik etymologiczny (in Polish), Kraków: Polska Akademia Umiejętności, →ISBN
- Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “połowa”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
- B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “połowa”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN
Polish
editEtymology
editInherited from Old Polish połowa. By surface analysis, back-formation from połowica.
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /pɔˈwɔ.va/
- (Middle Polish) IPA(key): /pɔˈɫɔ.va/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ɔva
- Syllabification: po‧ło‧wa
Noun
editpołowa f (diminutive połówka)
- half (one of two usually roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided, or considered as divided)
- halfway point (moment or place equidistant or approximately equidistant from the beginning and end of something)
- Synonym: środek
- w połowie czasu ― half-way through
- other half
- (colloquial) half (somewhat large, unspecified amount)
Declension
editDeclension of połowa
Derived terms
editnouns
verbs
- połowić impf
Related terms
editadjectivess
adverbs
nouns
numerals
prefixes
Descendants
edit- → Kashubian: pòłowa
Trivia
editAccording to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), połowa is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 31 times in scientific texts, 16 times in news, 20 times in essays, 12 times in fiction, and 7 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 86 times, making it the 744th most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.[1]
References
editFurther reading
edit- połowa in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- połowa in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “połowa”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
- “POŁOWA”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century], 19.04.2010
- Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “połowa”, in Słownik języka polskiego
- Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “połowa”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
- A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1908), “połowa”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 4, Warsaw, page 548
Silesian
editEtymology
editInherited from Old Polish połowa.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editpołowa f (diminutive połōwka)
- half (one of two usually roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided, or considered as divided)
Declension
editDeclension of połowa
Related terms
editprefixes
numerals
Further reading
edit- połowa in silling.org
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- Rhymes:Masurian/ɔva
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- zlw-mas:Moon
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