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See also: podstawą
Masurian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Old Polish podstawa. By surface analysis, deverbal from podstazicz.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
podstawa f
- stool (in a reel: a board mounted directly on the legs)
- (weaving) warp (threads stretched lengthwise in a loom)
Derived terms[edit]
verbs
- podstazicz pf, podstaziacz impf
Further reading[edit]
- Zofia Stamirowska (1987-2021), “podstawa”, in Anna Basara, editor, Słownik gwar Ostródzkiego, Warmii i Mazur, volume 6, Zakład Narodowy im. Ossolińskich Wydawnictwo Polskiej Akademii Nauk, →ISBN, page 171
Old Polish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Deverbal from podstawić. First attested in the 14th century. Compare Old Czech podstava.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
podstawa f
- substance, essence (set of features, what is essential and unchangeable in a subject)
- 1877-1881 [1437], Władysław Wisłocki, editor, Katalog rękopisów Biblioteki Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, number 228, page 87:
- Podstawa intersticium
- [Podstawa intersticium]
Related terms[edit]
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Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000), “podstawa”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
- B. Sieradzka-Baziur, editor (2011–2015), “podstawa”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN
Polish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Old Polish podstawa. By surface analysis, deverbal from podstawić. Compare Kashubian pòdstawa and Russian подста́ва (podstáva).
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /pɔtˈsta.va/
- (Middle Polish) IPA(key): /pɔtˈsta.va/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ava
- Syllabification: pod‧sta‧wa
Noun[edit]
podstawa f (related adjective podstawowy)
- base (that upon which something stands)
- (anatomy) base (lower part of a set of bones that make up a specific part of the skeleton)
- (geometry) base (lowest side of a triangle or other polygon)
- (geometry) base (lowest face of a cone, pyramid or other polyhedron laid flat)
- base (element without which something can't exist)
- base (that which may be the beginning, cause or justification of something) [+ do (genitive) = to what], [+ żeby (infitive/past tense) = to do what]
- (econmic) base (specific amount that is the starting point for some financial calculations)
- (in the plural) basics (elementary knowledge in something)
- Synonyms: abc, abecadło, alfabet, elementarz
- (in the plural) basics (assumptions that give rise to some theory, science, concept)
- Synonym: podwaliny
- (Middle Polish) base (that which one may place one's legs)
Declension[edit]
Declension of podstawa
Derived terms[edit]
adjectives
adverbs
nouns
verbs
- lec u podstaw pf, leżeć u podstaw impf
Related terms[edit]
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Trivia[edit]
According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), podstawa is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 52 times in scientific texts, 19 times in news, 61 times in essays, 6 times in fiction, and 4 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 142 times, making it the 418th most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.[1]
References[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- podstawa in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- podstawa in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- “podstawa”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish], 2010-2023
- Paweł Kupiszewski (17.01.2019ṣ), “PODSTAWA”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]
- Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814), “podstawa”, in Słownik języka polskiego
- Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861), “podstawa”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
- A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1908), “podstawa”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 4, Warsaw, page 419
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