mnogi

Polish

Alternative forms

• mnohy (Middle Polish)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish mnogi, from Proto-Slavic *mъnogъ.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈmnɔ.ɡi/

• (Middle Polish) IPA^(key): /ˈmnɔ.ɡi/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɔɡi
• Syllabification: mno‧gi

Adjective

mnogi (not comparable, derived adverb mnogo)

1. (literary) numerous

   Synonym: liczny

2. plural

Declension

Declension of mnogi (velar)

singular					plural
	masculine animate	masculine inanimate	feminine	neuter	virile (= masculine personal)	non-virile
nominative/vocative	mnogi		mnoga	mnogie	mnodzy	mnogie
genitive	mnogiego		mnogiej	mnogiego	mnogich
dative	mnogiemu		mnogiej	mnogiemu	mnogim
accusative	mnogiego	mnogi	mnogą	mnogie	mnogich	mnogie
instrumental	mnogim		mnogą	mnogim	mnogimi
locative	mnogim		mnogiej	mnogim	mnogich

Related terms

nouns

• mnogość
• mnożenie
• mnożna
• mnożnik
• mnóstwo

verbs

• mnożyć
• pomnażać
• pomnożyć
• rozmnażać
• rozmnożyć

Further reading

• “mnogi”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “mnogi”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)
• Maria Renata Mayenowa, et al., editors (2010-2023), “MNOGI”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
• Marek Kunicki-Goldfinger (16.11.2022), “MNOGI”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]
• Wanda Decyk-Zięba, editor (2018-2022), “mnogi”, in Dydaktyczny Słownik Etymologiczno-historyczny Języka Polskiego [A Didactic, Historical, Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), →ISBN
• Brückner, Aleksander (1927), “mnogi”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mъnogъ. Cognate with English many.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mnôɡiː/
• Hyphenation: mno‧gi

Adjective

mnȍgī (Cyrillic spelling мно̏гӣ)

1. (in the plural) many

   mnogi ljudi — many people, a lot of people

   mnogi Bosanci — many Bosnians, a lot of Bosnians

   mnogi od nas — many of us

2. (in the singular) many a

   mnogi čov(j)ek — many a man

   mnogi će Amerikanac — many an American will

3. much, long, longlasting (of action)

   posl(ij)e mnogog čitanja — after much reading

4. large, numerous

   mnoga vojska — a large army

Declension

Declension of mnogi

singular		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		mnogi	mnoga	mnogo
genitive		mnogog(a)	mnoge	mnogog(a)
dative		mnogom(u/e)	mnogoj	mnogom(u/e)
accusative	inanimate animate	mnogi mnogog(a)	mnogu	mnogo
vocative		mnogi	mnoga	mnogo
locative		mnogom(e/u)	mnogoj	mnogom(e/u)
instrumental		mnogim	mnogom	mnogim
plural		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		mnogi	mnoge	mnoga
genitive		mnogih	mnogih	mnogih
dative		mnogim(a)	mnogim(a)	mnogim(a)
accusative		mnoge	mnoge	mnoga
vocative		mnogi	mnoge	mnoga
locative		mnogim(a)	mnogim(a)	mnogim(a)
instrumental		mnogim(a)	mnogim(a)	mnogim(a)