podle

See also: podłe

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpodlɛ]

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Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *po dьlě.

Preposition

podle [with genitive]

1. according to

   Evropané podle průzkumů chtějí prezidenta. ― According to surveys, Europeans want a president.

2. after (in allusion to, in imitation of; following or referencing)

Related terms

• podle mého mínění
• podle mého názoru

 

Etymology 2

From podlý +‎ -e.

Adverb

podle

1. villainously, wickedly, foully, dishonestly

Further reading

• “podle”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “podle”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “podle”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Polish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔ.dlɛ/

• (Greater Poland):
  • (Central Greater Poland) IPA^(key): /ˈpɔ.dlɛ/

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• Rhymes: -ɔdlɛ
• Syllabification: po‧dle

Etymology 1

From podły +‎ -e.

Adverb

podle (comparative podlej, superlative najpodlej)

1. despicably, foully, odiously, wickedly, vilely
2. disgracefully, dishonorably
3. awfully (of very bad quality)

Related terms

nouns

• podlec
• podłość

 

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *po dьlě.

Preposition

podle

1. (archaic) according to [with genitive ‘whom’]

   Synonyms: wedle, według, podług

2. (archaic or dialectal, Central Greater Poland, Kuyavia) next to, near, beside [with genitive ‘what’]

   Synonyms: koło, obok

Alternative forms

• pole (Kuyavia)

Further reading

• podle in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• podle in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Oskar Kolberg (1877) “podle”, in “Rzecz o mowie ludu wielkopolskiego”, in Zbiór wiadomości do antropologii krajowéj (in Polish), volume 1, III (Materyjały etnologiczne), page 22