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Old Polish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *welh₁-der.
Proto-Slavic *vele
Proto-Indo-European *-yós
Proto-Balto-Slavic *-jas
Proto-Slavic *-jь
Proto-Slavic *velь
Proto-Indo-European *-kos
Proto-Slavic *-kъ
Proto-Slavic *velikъ
Old Polish wielki

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *velikъ. First attested in the 15th century.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

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wielki (comparative więcszy, derived adverb wielko)

  1. great, large (big in size)
    Antonym: mały
  2. great, large (big in quantity, amount, etc.)
    Antonym: mały
  3. great, large (big, having a big impact (of emotions etc.))
  4. great (of large importance)
    Antonym: mały
  5. (of people) great (remarkable, standing out)
    Antonym: mały
  6. long (lasting a long time)
    Synonym: długi
    Antonym: mały

Derived terms

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verbs

Related terms

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pronoun

Descendants

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References

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Polish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *welh₁-der.
Proto-Slavic *vele
Proto-Indo-European *-yós
Proto-Balto-Slavic *-jas
Proto-Slavic *-jь
Proto-Slavic *velь
Proto-Indo-European *-kos
Proto-Slavic *-kъ
Proto-Slavic *velikъ
Old Polish wielki
Polish wielki

Inherited from Old Polish wielki.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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wielki (comparative większy, superlative największy, derived adverb wielce)

  1. great, large (big in size)
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:duży
    Antonyms: mały, niewielki
  2. (typography) capital
    Synonym: duży
    Coordinate term: mały
  3. great, large (having a high intensity, scale, etc.)
  4. great (remarkable, standing out)
  5. great (of large importance)
  6. (of a position) high, grand (exalted in rank, station)

Declension

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Declension of wielki (velar)
singular plural
masculine animate masculine inanimate feminine neuter virile (= masculine personal) non-virile
nominative/vocative wielki wielka wielkie wielcy wielkie
genitive wielkiego wielkiej wielkiego wielkich
dative wielkiemu wielkiej wielkiemu wielkim
accusative wielkiego wielki wielką wielkie wielkich wielkie
instrumental wielkim wielką wielkim wielkimi
locative wielkim wielkiej wielkim wielkich

Derived terms

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adverb

Trivia

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According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), wielki is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 123 times in scientific texts, 93 times in news, 102 times in essays, 97 times in fiction, and 50 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 465 times, making it the 97th most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Ida Kurcz (1990), “wielki”, 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 664

Further reading

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Silesian

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Etymology

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Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *welh₁-der.
Proto-Slavic *vele
Proto-Indo-European *-yós
Proto-Balto-Slavic *-jas
Proto-Slavic *-jь
Proto-Slavic *velь
Proto-Indo-European *-kos
Proto-Slavic *-kъ
Proto-Slavic *velikъ
Old Polish wielki
Silesian wielki

Inherited from Old Polish wielki.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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wielki

  1. great, large (very big)
  2. great (large in degree)
  3. great (very important)
  4. great (talented)

Declension

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Declension of wielki
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine virile nonvirile
animate inanimate
nominative wielki wielkie wielkŏ wielcy wielkie
genitive wielkigo wielkij wielkich
dative wielkimu wielkij wielkim
accusative wielkigo wielki wielkie wielkõ wielkich wielkie
instrumental wielkim wielkōm wielkimi
locative wielkim wielkij wielkich
vocative wielki wielkie wielkŏ wielcy wielkie

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