See also: prad and Prad

Kashubian

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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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

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Declension of prąd
singular plural
nominative prąd prądë
genitive prądu prądów
dative prądowi prądóm
accusative prąd prądë
instrumental prądã prądama
locative prądze prądach
vocative prąd/prądze prądë

Further reading

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  • Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “prąd”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi[1]
  • prąd”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

Old Polish

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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prąd m inan

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

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Polish: prąd
  • Silesian: prōnd

References

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  • Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “prąd”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN
  • Mańczak, Witold (2017) “prąd”, in Polski słownik etymologiczny (in Polish), Kraków: Polska Akademia Umiejętności, →ISBN
  • Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “prąd 1”, 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), “prąd”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

Polish

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔnt
  • Syllabification: prąd

Noun

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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

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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

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  1. ^ Ida Kurcz (1990) “prąd”, in Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej [Frequency dictionary of the Polish language] (in Polish), volume 1, Kraków, Warszawa: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Języka Polskiego, page 432

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