sposób
Appearance
Old Polish
[edit]Etymology
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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sъposobъ. By surface analysis, deverbal from sposobić. First attested in c. 1400.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]sposób m animacy unattested
- shape, figure
- Synonym: sposoba
- 1885-2024 [c. 1400], Jan Baudouina de Courtenay, Jan Karłowicz, Antoni Adam Kryńskiego, Malinowski Lucjan, editors, Prace Filologiczne[1], volume IV, page 753:
- Sposób figuram (praeterit enim figura huius mundi I Cor 7, 31)
- [Sposob figuram (praeterit enim figura huius mundi I Cor 7, 31)]
Derived terms
[edit]adjective
verbs
- sposobować impf
Related terms
[edit]adjective
adverb
nouns
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- Boryś, Wiesław (2005), “sposób”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN
- Bożena Sieradzka-Baziur, et al., editors (2011–2015), “sposób”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN
Polish
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Inherited from Old Polish sposób. By surface analysis, deverbal from sposobić.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Middle Polish) IPA(key): /ˈspɔ.sop/
- (Greater Poland):
- (Masovia):
- (Far Masovian) IPA(key): [ˈspɔ.sop]
- (Lesser Poland):
Noun
[edit]sposób m inan (diminutive (dialectal) sposobik)
- way; how (method or manner of doing something)
- w (jakiś) sposób ― in (some) way
- w żodnym sposób (Kuyavia, Rakutowo) ― in no way
- na (jakiś) sposób (Western Kraków, Wieliczka) ― in (some) way
- wziąć (jakiś) sposób (Western Kraków, Tomaszowice; Podhale, Rabka-Zdrój) ― to do in some way (literally, “to take (some) way”)
- way (set of traits referring to a person, mannerism)
- trick way; technique, solution, system (way of dealing with or taking care of something) [with na (+ accusative) ‘for what’]
- Mam na to sposób. ― I've got something/a trick for that.
- (Far Masovian, Ciechanów, Przasnysz County) property
- (Far Masovian, Ciechanów, Przasnysz County) dowry
- Synonym: posag
- Cy twoja panna ma jaki sposób? (Far Masovian, Przasnysz County) ― Does your girl have a dowry?
- (obsolete) form, type, kind
- (obsolete) appearance; facade; guise
- Synonyms: pozór, powierzchowność
- (obsolete) architectural or painting style
- (obsolete or Podhale, Rabka-Zdrój) occasion, opportunity
- Synonyms: okazja, sposobność
- (obsolete, grammar) mood
- Synonym: tryb
Declension
[edit]Declension of sposób
Derived terms
[edit]defective verb
verbs
- wziać się na sposób pf, brać się na sposób impf
Further reading
[edit]- “sposób”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego[2] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- “sposób”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN[3] (in Polish)
- Maria Renata Mayenowa, et al., editors (2010-2023), “sposób”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
- “SPOSÓB”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century], 5 April 2023
- Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814), “sposób”, in Słownik języka polskiego
- Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861), “sposób”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
- J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1915), “sposób”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 6, Warsaw, page 322
- Jan Karłowicz (1907), “sposób”, in Jan Łoś, editors, Słownik gwar polskich [Dictionary of Polish dialects] (in Polish), volume 5: R S Ś T, Kraków: Akademia Umiejętności, page 204
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