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prawo

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See also: prawò

Old Polish

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Etymology

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Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *per-
Proto-Balto-Slavic *prṓˀwas
Proto-Slavic *pràvъ
Proto-Slavic *pràvo
Old Polish prawo

    Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pràvo. By surface analysis, prawy +‎ -o. First attested in the 14th century.

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /praːvɔ/
    • IPA(key): (15th CE) /prɒvɔ/

    Noun

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    prawo n

    1. law (group or system of legally binding norms)
      1. law determining course action between a peasant and a lord
    2. law (one such norm)
    3. right (legal, just or moral entitlement)
    4. document granting or ensuring a right
    5. court; court session
    6. jurisdiction (material, personal or territorial scope of the court)
    7. judgement (court's decision)
    8. duty or obligation resulting from a legal decision
    9. justice, fairness

    Descendants

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    • Polish: prawo
    • Silesian: prawo

    References

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    • Boryś, Wiesław (2005), “prawo”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN
    • Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000), “prawo”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
    • B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “prawo”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

    Polish

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    Etymology

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    Etymology tree
    Proto-Indo-European *per-
    Proto-Balto-Slavic *prṓˀwas
    Proto-Slavic *pràvъ
    Proto-Slavic *pràvo
    Old Polish prawo
    Polish prawo

      Inherited from Old Polish prawo. By surface analysis, prawy +‎ -o.

      Pronunciation

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      • Rhymes: -avɔ
      • Syllabification: pra‧wo

      Noun

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      prawo n (related adjective prawny)

      1. (uncountable) law (body of binding rules and regulations, customs and standards established in a community by its legislative and judicial authorities)
        Synonyms: legislacja, prawodawstwo, ustawodawstwo
      2. (uncountable) law (discipline studying such a body; formal field of study of such at an institution; branch at such an institution dedicated to such study)
        Synonym: prawoznawstwo
      3. (countable) law (binding regulation or custom established in a community in this way)
      4. (countable) right (legal, just or moral entitlement) [with do (+ genitive) ‘to what’]
        Synonym: uprawnienie
        1. (obsolete) document granting or ensuring a right
      5. (countable) law (natural rule that must be followed)
        Synonym: zasada
      6. (obsolete) lawsuit
        Synonym: proces
      7. (obsolete) duty, obligation
        Synonyms: obowiązek, powinność
      8. (Kielce) synonym of sposób
        jakiem prawem ― in what way

      Declension

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      Declension of prawo
      singular plural
      nominative prawo prawa
      genitive prawa praw
      dative prawu prawom
      accusative prawo prawa
      instrumental prawem prawami
      locative prawie prawach
      vocative prawo prawa

      Adverb

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      prawo (not comparable)

      1. (only in some phrases) to the right
        Synonyms: na prawo, w prawo

      Derived terms

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      Trivia

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      According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), prawo is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 66 times in scientific texts, 45 times in news, 75 times in essays, 21 times in fiction, and 42 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 249 times, making it the 213th most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.[1]

      References

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      1. ^ Ida Kurcz (1990), “prawo”, 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 432

      Further reading

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      Silesian

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      Etymology

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      Etymology tree
      Proto-Indo-European *per-
      Proto-Balto-Slavic *prṓˀwas
      Proto-Slavic *pràvъ
      Proto-Slavic *pràvo
      Old Polish prawo
      Silesian prawo

        Inherited from Old Polish prawo. By surface analysis, prawy +‎ -o.

        Pronunciation

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        Noun

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        prawo n

        1. law (group or system of legally binding norms)
        2. right (legal, just or moral entitlement)
        3. right side, right direction (not left)

        Declension

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        Declension of prawo
        singular plural
        nominative prawo prawa
        genitive prawa praw
        dative prawu prawōm
        accusative prawo prawa
        instrumental prawym prawami/prawōma
        locative prawie prawach
        vocative prawo prawa

        Further reading

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