wraz

See also: wráz

Polish

Alternative forms

• wráz (Podhale, Eastern Greater Poland, Szołajdy, Lasovia, Tarnobrzeg)
• wroz (Łowicz)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁énder.

Proto-Slavic *vъ(n)

Old Polish w

Polish w

Proto-Indo-European *wreh₁ǵ-der.

Proto-Balto-Slavic *rōźas

Proto-Slavic *rȃzъ

Old Polish raz

Polish raz

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Polish wraz

Univerbation of w + raz. First attested in the 16th century.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈvras/

• (Middle Polish) IPA^(key): /vrɒs/
• (Masovia):
  • (Near Masovian) IPA^(key): [ˈvras]
  • (Far Masovian) IPA^(key): [ˈvras]
  • (Suwałki) IPA^(key): [ˈvras]
• (Borderlands):
  • (Northern Borderlands) IPA^(key): [ˈvras]

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• Rhymes: -as
• Syllabification: wraz

Adverb

wraz (not comparable)

1. along (together with someone or something else)

   Synonyms: razem, społem

2. just (not far from something else)

   Synonym: zaraz

3. just (at the time when a second event occurs)
4. along (together with something that belongs to a larger whole)
5. (Far Masovian, Radzymin, Kuligów) just right; exactly

   Near-synonyms: akurat, w sam raz

6. (obsolete or dialectal, Suwałki, Augustów Governorate, Szypliszki, Jesionowo, Wierzbiszki, Near Masovian, Międzyrzec Podlaski, Northern Borderlands, Lithuania) immediately, at once (at this moment without delay)

   Synonyms: zaraz, natychmiast

7. (obsolete) simultaneously, at the same time

   Synonyms: jednocześnie, zarazem

Particle

wraz

1. (Near Masovian, Międzyrzec Podlaski) anyways, nevertheless

   Synonym: mimo to

Further reading

• “wraz”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “wraz”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)
• “WRAZ”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century], 03.09.2009
• Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814), “wraz”, in Słownik języka polskiego
• Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861), “wraz”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
• J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1919), “wraz”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 7, Warsaw, page 718
• Jan Karłowicz (1911), “wraz”, in Jan Łoś, editors, Słownik gwar polskich [Dictionary of Polish dialects] (in Polish), volumes 6: U—Ż, Kraków: Akademia Umiejętności, page 161