robotnik
Old Polish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Proto-Slavic *orbotьnikъ. By surface analysis, robota + -nik. First attested in 1402.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]robotnik m animacy unattested (female equivalent robotnica)
- worker
- 1874-1891 [End of the 15th century], Rozprawy i Sprawozdania z Posiedzeń Wydziału Filologicznego Akademii Umiejętności[1], [2], [3], volume I, page XLVII:
- Sąly robothnyczy, nyechay czinyą (si laboratores sunt, faciant, quod volunt)
- [Są-li robotnicy, niechaj czynią (si laboratores sunt, faciant, quod volunt)]
- (attested in Masovia) The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include:
- servant, slave
- 1930 [c. 1455], “II Par”, in Ludwik Bernacki, editor, Biblia królowej Zofii (Biblia szaroszpatacka)[4], 28, 10:
- Sini Iudzini a ierusalemske chcecye sobye podbycz w robotnyki a w robotnyce (in servos et ancillas)
- [Syny Judziny a jerusalemskie chcecie sobie podbić w robotniki a w robotnice (in servos et ancillas)]
Derived terms
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verbs
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “robota”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN
- Mańczak, Witold (2017) “robota”, in Polski słownik etymologiczny (in Polish), Kraków: Polska Akademia Umiejętności, →ISBN
- Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “robotnik”, 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), “robotnik”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN
Polish
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Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old Polish robotnik. By surface analysis, robota + -nik.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]robotnik m pers (female equivalent robotnica, related adjective robotniczy)
- worker, workman (someone doing physical work)
- 2011, “Matthew 20:1”, in Nowe Przymierze, Ewangeliczny Instytut Biblijny:
- Przypowieść o robotnikach w winnicy
- Parable of the workers in the vineyard
- (Middle Polish) unarmed soldier of a chosen infantry who performs for auxiliary work
- (Middle Polish) slave
- Synonym: niewolnik
Declension
[edit]Declension of robotnik
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | robotnik | robotnicy/robotniki (deprecative) |
| genitive | robotnika | robotników |
| dative | robotnikowi | robotnikom |
| accusative | robotnika | robotników |
| instrumental | robotnikiem | robotnikami |
| locative | robotniku | robotnikach |
| vocative | robotniku | robotnicy |
Related terms
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adverbs
nouns
verbs
- robić impf
Trivia
[edit]According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), robotnik is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 23 times in scientific texts, 28 times in news, 39 times in essays, 11 times in fiction, and 0 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 101 times, making it the 625th most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.[1]
References
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- robotnik in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- robotnik in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “robotnik”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
- Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “robotnik”, in Słownik języka polskiego
- Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “robotnik”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
- J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1912), “robotnik”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 5, Warsaw, page 542
Silesian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old Polish robotnik. By surface analysis, robota + -nik.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]robotnik m pers (female equivalent robotniczka)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | robotnik | robotniki |
| genitive | robotnika | robotnikōw |
| dative | robotnikowi | robotnikōm |
| accusative | robotnika | rbotnikōw |
| instrumental | robotnikym | robotnikami |
| locative | robotniku | robotnikach |
| vocative | robotniku | robotniki |
Related terms
[edit]verbs
- robić impf
Further reading
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