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łatwo

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See also: łatwò

Old Polish

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Etymology

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    From łatwy + -o. First attested in the middle of the 15th century.

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /ɫa(ː)tfɔ/
    • IPA(key): (15th CE) /ɫatfɔ/, /ɫɒtfɔ/

    Adverb

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    łatwo (comparative łatwiej)

    1. easily (without difficulty)
      • Middle of the 15th century, Rozmyślanie o żywocie Pana Jezusa[2], page 617:
        Alye baczczye, yzecz nocz yest, latvey szye moze czlovyek omylycz y mozeczye yącz nyektorego pravego myasto yego
        [Ale baczcie, iżeć noc jest, łatwiej sie może człowiek omylić i możecie jąć niektorego prawego miasto jego]

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    Polish

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    Alternative forms

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    Etymology

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      Inherited from Old Polish łatwo. By surface analysis, łatwy +‎ -o. Compare Kashubian łôtwò.

      Pronunciation

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      • Rhymes: -atfɔ
      • Syllabification: ła‧two

      Adverb

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      łatwo (comparative łatwiej, superlative najłatwiej)

      1. easily (not needing much effort) [with o (+ accusative) ‘for/to do what’ and dative ‘for whom’]
        Synonym: nietrudno
        Antonyms: niełatwo, opornie, trudno
      2. easily (quickly and without thought) [with dative ‘for whom’]
        Antonym: trudno
      3. easily (quickly and without obstacles)

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      Trivia

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      According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), łatwo is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 37 times in scientific texts, 4 times in news, 20 times in essays, 27 times in fiction, and 18 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 106 times, making it the 586th most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.[1]

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      1. ^ Ida Kurcz (1990), “łatwo”, 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 226

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      Silesian

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      Etymology

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        Inherited from Old Polish łatwo. By surface analysis, łatwy +‎ -o.

        Pronunciation

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        łatwo

        1. synonym of łacno
          • 2019–2020, Waldemar Szymczyk, editor, Pōnbōczkowi Świyczka[5], →ISBN, archived from the original on 12 November 2022, page 110:
            Bydymy mieć sam na placu wybory! (czyto durś): Na szajsplacu za osiedlem nie bydom budować garaży. O, jest krziżówka, możno bydzie łatwo.
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