ażeby

Polish

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *(h₁)ōd

Proto-Balto-Slavic *ō

Proto-Slavic *a

Old Polish a

Polish a

Proto-Indo-European *ís

Proto-Balto-Slavic *is

Proto-Slavic *jь

Proto-Indo-European *gʰe

Proto-Balto-Slavic *ge

Proto-Slavic *že

Proto-Slavic *jь že

Old Polish że

Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH-

Proto-Indo-European *-t

Proto-Indo-European *bʰúHt

Proto-Indo-European *h₁es-

Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésti

Proto-Balto-Slavic *bū́ˀtei

Proto-Slavic *byti

Proto-Slavic *by

Old Polish by

Old Polish -by

Old Polish żeby

Polish żeby

univ.

Polish ażeby

Univerbation of a + żeby.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈʐɛ.bɘ/

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• Rhymes: -ɛbɘ
• Syllabification: a‧że‧by

Conjunction

ażeby

1. (literary) in order to

   Synonyms: aby, by, żeby

Etymology 2

By surface analysis, aże +‎ -by.

Conjunction

ażeby

1. Middle Polish form of ażby

Particle

ażeby

1. Middle Polish form of ażby

Further reading

• “ażeby”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “ażeby”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)