generalny

See also: generálny

Polish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Adapted borrowing of Latin generālis +‎ -ny.[1][2][3] First attested in 1564.[4] Compare Silesian gyneralny.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): /ɡɛ.nɛˈral.nɘ/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -alnɘ
  • Syllabification: ge‧ne‧ral‧ny

Adjective

generalny (not generally comparable, comparative bardziej generalny or (less common) generalniejszy, derived adverb generalnie, abbreviation gen. or gener.)

  1. general (including or involving every part or member of a given or implied entity, whole etc.)
  2. general (giving or consisting of only the most important aspects of something, ignoring minor details)
    Synonym: ogólny
  3. general (of supreme rank, pre-eminent)
    Synonym: zwierzchni
  4. general (prevalent or widespread among a given class or area; common, usual)
    Synonym: powszechny
  5. general (including or involving every part or member of a given or implied entity, whole etc.)
  6. (Middle Polish) deciding; ultimate

Declension

Derived terms

nouns

Descendants

  • Kashubian: generalny

Trivia

According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), generalny is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 7 times in scientific texts, 41 times in news, 16 times in essays, 5 times in fiction, and 1 time in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 70 times, making it the 917th most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.[5]

References

  1. ^ Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000), “generalny”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
  2. ^ Mirosław Bańko; Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021), “generalny”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
  3. ^ Stanisław Dubisz, editor (2003), “generalny”, in Uniwersalny słownik języka polskiego [Universal dictionary of the Polish language]‎[1] (in Polish), volumes 1-4, Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN SA, →ISBN
  4. ^ Maria Renata Mayenowa; Stanisław Rospond; Witold Taszycki; Stefan Hrabec; Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023), “jeneralny”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
  5. ^ Ida Kurcz (1990), “generalny”, in Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej [Frequency dictionary of the Polish language] (in Polish), volume 1, Kraków; Warszawa: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Języka Polskiego, page 126

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