wiadomo

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Polish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From wiadomy +‎ -o. First attested in the 16th century.[1] Compare Kashubian wiadomò and Silesian wiadōmo.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /vjaˈdɔ.mɔ/
  • (Middle Polish) IPA(key): /vjaˈdɔ.mɔ/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔmɔ
  • Syllabification: wia‧do‧mo

Verb[edit]

wiadomo impf (defective)

  1. (impersonal) it is known [+ o (locative) = about what] [+dative = who knows] [+accusative = what is known]
    Nic mi na ten temat nie wiadomo.I don't know anything about it.

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Trivia[edit]

According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), wiadomo (verb) is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 24 times in scientific texts, 27 times in news, 34 times in essays, 27 times in fiction, and 21 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 133 times, making it the 454th most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.[2]

Particle[edit]

wiadomo

  1. needless to say

Adverb[edit]

wiadomo (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) consciously, awarely
    Synonym: (obsolete) wiadomie

References[edit]

  1. ^ Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “wiadomo”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
  2. ^ Ida Kurcz (1990) “wiadomo (verb)”, 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 660

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