książka

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See also: książką

Old Polish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From księgi +‎ -ka. First attested in the fifteenth century.

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

książka f

  1. book (collection of sheets of paper bound together to hinge at one edge, containing printed or written material, pictures, etc.)
  2. (in the plural) oxeye daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare)
    • 1900 [1472], Józef Rostafiński, editor, Symbola ad historiam naturalem medii aevi = Średniowieczna historya naturalna w Polsce. Ps 2[2], number 1607:
      Xøzki coronaria maior
      [Książki coronaria maior]

Descendants[edit]

  • Masurian: ksiónzkä
  • Polish: książka
  • Silesian: ksiōnżka

References[edit]

Polish[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Old Polish książka. By surface analysis, księga +‎ -ka.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

książka f (diminutive książeczka)

  1. book (collection of sheets of paper bound together to hinge at one edge, containing printed or written material, pictures, etc.)
  2. book (long work fit for publication, typically prose, such as a novel or textbook, and typically published as such a bound collection of sheets)
  3. Diminutive of księga (ledger) (book for keeping notes; a record book, a register)
  4. (Middle Polish, in the plural) oxeye daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare)

Usage notes[edit]

In Middle Polish, the term was sometimes a diminutive of księga in the meaning book; however, even by the 16th century, the term gained and has kept a neutral meaning, and is now the standard term for book.

Declension[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

adjective
proverb

Trivia[edit]

According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), książka is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 20 times in scientific texts, 39 times in news, 45 times in essays, 27 times in fiction, and 16 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 147 times, making it the 392nd most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Ida Kurcz (1990) “książka”, 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 206

Further reading[edit]

  • książka in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • książka in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “książka”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
  • KSIĄŻKA”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century], 2008 July 12
  • Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “książka”, in Słownik języka polskiego[3]
  • Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “książka”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861[4]
  • J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1902), “książka”, in Słownik języka polskiego[5] (in Polish), volume 2, Warsaw, page 607
  • książka in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego