przy
See also: przy-
Old Polish
editEtymology
editInherited from Proto-Slavic *pri. First attested in the 14th century.
Pronunciation
editPreposition
editprzy [with locative]
- by, at, next to, near
- with, alongside
- denotes a simultaneous event at
- denotes ownership with, at
- denotes action performed by someone
- besides, aside from, furthermore
Derived terms
editadverb
prefix
Descendants
editReferences
edit- 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), “przy”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN
Polish
editEtymology
editInherited from Old Polish przy.
Pronunciation
editPreposition
editprzy [with locative]
- by, at, next to, near
- in front of (in the presence of, or in contrast to)
- Synonym: przed
- Nie rób tego przy dzieciach! ― Don't do that in front of the children!
- Przy nim wyglądał bardzo nisko. ― He looked very short next to him.
- indicates belonging to something higher in position or power
- Guziki przy sweterze. ― Sweater buttons.
- Asystent przy szefie. ― The boss's assistant.
- at (indicates rate)
- Wypadek przy pięćdziesięciu kilometrów na godzinę. ― An accident at fifty kilometers an hour.
- over
- Pogadamy o tym przy piwie. ― We'll talk about this over a beer.
Derived terms
editconjunctions
prefix
Trivia
editAccording to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), przy is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 286 times in scientific texts, 233 times in news, 187 times in essays, 182 times in fiction, and 107 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 995 times, making it the 30th most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.[1]
References
editFurther reading
edit- przy in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- przy in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “przy”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku
- “PRZY”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku, 2008 September 10
- Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “przy”, in Słownik języka polskiego
- Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “przy”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
- J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1912), “przy”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 5, Warsaw, page 259
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