jakiś
See also: jakis
Polish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From jaki + -ś.[1] First attested in 1534.[2] Compare Kashubian jaczis, Silesian jakiś, and Slovincian jakjysz.
Pronunciation
[edit]Pronoun
[edit]jakiś
- some; unspecified member of the category described by the following word
Particle
[edit]jakiś
- (colloquial) used to express doubt on the usage of a term on the speaker's part; kinda, sorta
- Ona jest jakaś niemiła. ― She's kinda mean.
- (colloquial) used to express doubt on the amount on the speaker's part; about
Declension
[edit]Declension of jakiś
| m | f | n | vir pl | nvir pl | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | jakiś | jakaś | jakieś | jacyś | jakieś |
| genitive | jakiegoś | jakiejś | jakiegoś | jakichś | jakichś |
| dative | jakiemuś | jakiejś | jakiemuś | jakimś | jakimś |
| accusative | jakiegoś/jakiś | jakąś | jakieś | jakichś | jakieś |
| instrumental | jakimś | jakąś | jakimś | jakimiś | jakimiś |
| locative | jakimś | jakiejś | jakimś | jakichś | jakichś |
| vocative | — | — | — | — | — |
In the accusative, the form jakiegoś is used for masculine personal and masculine animate nouns, while jakiś is used for masculine inanimate nouns.
Derived terms
[edit]Trivia
[edit]According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), jakiś is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 65 times in scientific texts, 4 times in news, 71 times in essays, 175 times in fiction, and 185 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 500 times, making it the 89th most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Sławski, Franciszek (1958-1965), “jakiś”, in Jan Safarewicz, Andrzej Siudut, editors, Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological dictionary of the Polish language] (in Polish), Kraków: Towarzystwo Miłośników Języka Polskiego
- ^ Maria Renata Mayenowa, et al., editors (2010-2023), “jakiś”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
- ^ Ida Kurcz (1990), “jakiś”, 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 160
Further reading
[edit]- “jakiś”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego[2] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- “jakiś”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN[3] (in Polish)
- Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814), “jakiś”, in Słownik języka polskiego
- Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861), “jakiś”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
- J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1902), “jakiś”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 2, Warsaw, page 128
- Jan Karłowicz (1901), “jakiś”, in Słownik gwar polskich [Dictionary of Polish dialects] (in Polish), volume 2: F do K, Kraków: Akademia Umiejętności, page 224
- jakiś in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego
Silesian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From jaki + -ś. Compare Polish jakiś and Kashubian jaczis.
Pronunciation
[edit]Pronoun
[edit]jakiś
- some; unspecified member of the category described by the following word
Further reading
[edit]- jakiś in silling.org
Categories:
- Polish terms suffixed with -ś (some-)
- Polish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European word *ḱe
- Polish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European word *ís
- Polish 2-syllable words
- Polish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Middle Polish
- Polish terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:Polish/akiɕ
- Rhymes:Polish/akiɕ/2 syllables
- Polish lemmas
- Polish pronouns
- Polish terms with usage examples
- Polish particles
- Polish colloquialisms
- Silesian terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European word *ís
- Silesian terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European word *ḱe
- Silesian terms suffixed with -ś
- Silesian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Silesian terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:Silesian/akiɕ
- Rhymes:Silesian/akiɕ/2 syllables
- Silesian lemmas
- Silesian pronouns