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ramię

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See also: ramie and ramiè

Old Polish

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Etymology

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    Inherited from Proto-Slavic *òrmę. First attested in the 14th century.

    Pronunciation

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

    Noun

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    ramię n

    1. (attested in Lesser Poland, Greater Poland) upper arm; shoulder; arm (upper limb as a whole or the upper most part of this appendage)
      • Middle of the 15th century, Rozmyślanie o żywocie Pana Jezusa‎[2], page 820:
        Bo yemv byly vschytky stavy vytargnyony z ramyon
        [Bo jemu były wszytki stawy wytargniony z ramion]
      • 1939 [end of the 14th century], Ryszard Ganszyniec, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Kubica, Ludwik Bernacki, editors, Psałterz florjański łacińsko-polsko-niemiecki [Sankt Florian Psalter]‎scan transliteration, transcription, numbers 17, 37, Krakow: Zakład Narodowy imienia Ossolińskich, z zasiłkiem Sejmu Śląskiego [The Ossoliński National Institute: with the benefit of the Silesian Parliament]:
        Poloszil iest iaco løcziszcze mosød[z]owe ramona moia (bracchia mea)
        [Położył jest jako łęczyszcze mosiąd[z]owe ramiona moja (bracchia mea)]
      • c. 1500, Wokabularz lubiński, Lubiń: inkunabuł Archiwum Archidiecezjalnego w Gnieźnie, sygn. Inc. 78d., page 20r:
        Brachium […] ein arm rąmyą
        [Brachium […] ein arm ramię]
    2. (figuratively, attested in Lesser Poland) arm; strength, power, force
      • 1939 [end of the 14th century], Ryszard Ganszyniec, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Kubica, Ludwik Bernacki, editors, Psałterz florjański łacińsko-polsko-niemiecki [Sankt Florian Psalter]‎scan transliteration, transcription, numbers 135, 12, Krakow: Zakład Narodowy imienia Ossolińskich, z zasiłkiem Sejmu Śląskiego [The Ossoliński National Institute: with the benefit of the Silesian Parliament]:
        Gen wywodl Yzrahel z posrzod gych w røcze moczney y w ramenv wysokem (in... bracchio excelso)
        [Jen wywiodł Izrahel z pośrzod jich w ręce mocnej i w ramieniu wysokiem (in... bracchio excelso)]
    3. handle (something to grab)
      • 1901 [1471], Materiały i Prace Komisji Językowej Akademii Umiejętności w Krakowie, volume V, page 43:
        Ramyona humeruli (quasi umeruli subter luterem fusiles contra se invicem respectantes III Reg 7, 30)
        [Ramiona humeruli (quasi umeruli subter luterem fusiles contra se invicem respectantes III Reg 7, 30)]

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    Polish

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    Alternative forms

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    Etymology

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      Inherited from Old Polish ramię.

      Pronunciation

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      • IPA(key): (normal speech) /ˈra.mjɛ/, (careful speech) /ˈra.mjɛw̃/
      • Audio 1:(file)
      • Audio 2:(file)
      • Rhymes: -amjɛw̃
      • Syllabification: ra‧mię

      Noun

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      ramię n (diminutive ramionko or (dialectal) ramiusiucko, related adjective ramieniowy or ramienny)

      1. shoulder
        Synonym: bark
        1. shoulder (part of clothing covering such a part of the body)
      2. (anatomy) upper arm
        1. (anatomy) arm (entire upper limb)
          Synonym: ręka
      3. arm (limb, or locomotive or prehensile organ, of an invertebrate animal)
      4. arm (element of a construction resembling a bent arm)
      5. arm (part of a machine that can grab and move things)
      6. arm; offshoot (something that sticks off from the main element, i.e. from the main road or building)
        Synonym: odnoga
      7. (geometry) arm (side of a geometric figure other than the base)
      8. (Podlachia, Tykocin, weaving) arm (part of a loom attached on top of a staciw , also the carpentry name for diagonal supports under joists at stands)
      9. (Podlachia, Tykocin, carpentry) arm (diagonal supports under joists of stands)
      10. (Middle Polish) arm (power; might; strength; support)

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      According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), ramię is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 4 times in scientific texts, 5 times in news, 6 times in essays, 58 times in fiction, and 5 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 78 times, making it the 829th most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.[1]

      References

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      1. ^ Ida Kurcz (1990), “ramię”, in Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej [Frequency dictionary of the Polish language]‎[1] (in Polish), volume 2, Kraków; Warszawa: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Języka Polskiego, page 483

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