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Polish[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- jestli, jeżli, jezli, jesli (Middle Polish)
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Old Polish jestli. By surface analysis, univerbation of jest + li. Compare Czech jestli, Russian е́сли (jésli).
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /ˈjɛɕ.li/
- (Middle Polish) IPA(key): /ˈjɛɕ.li/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɛɕli
- Syllabification: jeś‧li
Conjunction[edit]
jeśli
- introduces a real conditional clause; if
- (Middle Polish) The meaning of this term is uncertain.
- 1547, J. Seklucjan, Catechismus[2]:
- pageB2v
- gdi proſſim orzeczy czeſne/ iako ſą ſlawa/ rozum/ maiętnoſc y yne/ tedy mamy proſſic pod obyazaiem albo (iako żowa) pod oblikiem zdawaiąc proſby naſze pod wolą boża mowiąc ieſli to wola twoią á nie ieſt przeciw memu duſznemu zbawieniu.
Declension[edit]
Combined forms of jeśli
Particle[edit]
jeśli
- (obsolete) interrogative particle: introduces a yes-no question; whether
- Synonym: czy
- The meaning of this term is uncertain.
- 1564, J. Mączyński, Lexicon[3], page 8d:
- An adverbium interrogandi. Izali/ yeſli
- 1564, J. Mączyński, Lexicon[4], page 254d (5):
- Nunquando, Ieſlikiedy.
- 1588, A. Calepinus, Dictionarium decem linguarum[5], page 348a:
- Ecquando – Ieſtli kiedi. Ecquis ‒ Ieſtli kto?
- The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include:
Trivia[edit]
According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), jeśli is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 73 times in scientific texts, 27 times in news, 88 times in essays, 59 times in fiction, and 78 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 325 times, making it the 156th most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.[1]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- jeśli in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- jeśli in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “jeśli, jestli, jeżli, jezli, jesli”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
- “JEŚLI”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century], 03.01.2023
- Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “jeśli”, in Słownik języka polskiego[7]
- Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “jeśli”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861[8]
- J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1902), “jeśli”, in Słownik języka polskiego[9] (in Polish), volume 2, Warsaw, page 173
Silesian[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Old Polish jestli.
Pronunciation[edit]
Conjunction[edit]
jeśli
Further reading[edit]
- jeśli in silling.org
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