wiedzieć
Old Polish
editEtymology
editInherited from Proto-Slavic *věděti. First attested in the 14th century.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editwiedzieć impf
- to know (to have knowledge; to have information, be informed) [with o (+ locative) ‘about something’; in addition, with od (+ genitive) or przez (+ accusative) or po (+ locative) or instrumental ‘from what’]
- to know how, to be able to
Declension
editThis verb needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
editReferences
edit- B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “wiedzieć”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN
Polish
editEtymology
editInherited from Old Polish wiedzieć. Cognates include Russian ве́дать (védatʹ), German wissen and Luxembourgish wëssen
Pronunciation
edit- (Middle Polish) IPA(key): /ˈvjɛ.d͡ʑɛt͡ɕ/
- (Greater Poland):
- (Chełmno-Dobrzyń) IPA(key): /ˈvjɛ.d͡ʑɛt͡ɕ/
Verb
editwiedzieć impf
- (intransitive) to know (to perceive the truth or factuality of; to be certain of or that) [with o (+ locative) ‘about something’ and po (+ locative) ‘from what’]
- On wie, co jest dla niego najlepsze. ― He knows what's best for him.
- (intransitive) to know (to be aware of; to be cognizant of) [with o (+ locative) ‘about something’]
- Nie wiedziałem o tym. ― I didn't know about it.
- (intransitive) to know (to have knowledge; to have information, be informed)
- Wiesz, że umiem chodzić po wodzie? ― Do you know that I can walk on water?
- Skąd wiesz? ― How do you know?
- (intransitive) to know (to understand or have a grasp of through experience or study)
- Wiem jak to zrobić. ― I know how to do it.
Conjugation
editDerived terms
editadjectives
adverb
nouns
particle
verbs
- dopowiedzieć pf, dopowiadać impf
- dowiedzieć pf, dowiadywać impf
- odpowiedzieć pf, odpowiadać impf
- opowiedzieć pf, opowiadać impf
- podpowiedzieć pf, podpowiadać impf
- powiedzieć pf, powiadać impf
- przepowiedzieć pf, przepowiadać impf
- rozpowiedzieć pf, rozpowiadać impf
- wypowiedzieć pf, wypowiadać impf
- wywiedzieć pf, wywiadywać impf
- zapowiedzieć pf, zapowiadać impf
- zawiadywać impf
- zwiedzieć pf, zwiadywać impf
Related terms
editadjective
nouns
Trivia
editAccording to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), wiedzieć is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 41 times in scientific texts, 8 times in news, 45 times in essays, 238 times in fiction, and 645 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 977 times, making it the 41st most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.[1]
References
editFurther reading
edit- wiedzieć in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- wiedzieć in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “wiedzieć”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
- Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “wiedzieć się”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
- Paweł Kupiszewski (07.04.2022) “WIEDZIEĆ”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]
- Paweł Kupiszewski (07.04.2022) “WIEDZIEĆ%20SIĘ”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]
- Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “wiedzieć”, in Słownik języka polskiego
- Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “wiedzieć”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
- J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1919), “wiedzieć, wiedać”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 7, Warsaw, page 561
- wiedzieć in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego
- Gustaw Pobłocki (1887) “wiedzieć”, in Słownik kaszubski z dodatkiem idyotyzmów chełmińskich i kociewskich (in Polish), 2 edition, Chełmno, page 144
Silesian
editEtymology
editInherited from Old Polish wiedzieć.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editwiedzieć impf
- (intransitive) to know (to possess knowledge) [with ô (+ locative) ‘about something’]
Conjugation
editThis verb needs an inflection-table template.
Derived terms
editverbs
- dowiedzieć pf
- powiedzieć pf
- wywiedzieć pf
Related terms
editadjective
adverb
nouns
Further reading
edit- wiedzieć in silling.org
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