A Learner's Polish-English Dictionary.pdf

A LEARNER'S

POLISH-ENGLISH

DICTIONARY

Oscar E. Swan

FIRST PRELIMINARY EDITION

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INTRODUCTION

A Learner's Polish-English Dictionary contains over 27,000 entries. It is intended primarily for the use

of the English-speaking reader of Polish, interested in arriving at the central or commonest meaning of

a word, not in an exhaustive set of usages and definitions. It does not attempt to cover technical or

scientific terms, or the names of uncommon plants and animals. Most terms related to the social sciences

and the humanities are included. It is expected that the user will be familiar with the principles of

Polish inflection. Regular and predictable endings and formations are not given. The technical

apparatus is kept to a minimum and should be mostly self-evident. Grammatical indicators refer to

descriptions in the author's Grammar of Contemporary Polish (Slavica: 2002), to which the user is referred

for descriptions of grammatical inflections and usage.

This dictionary is printed in its present form for use in intermediate and advanced Polish classes at

the Univeristy of Pittsburgh. The author is aware of its many imperfections and incompletenesses,

which are being improved by constant updating and proof-reading. Corrections and suggestions for

improvement and new entries should be e-mailed to the author at <swan@pitt.edu>.

DICTIONARY ENTRIES

Within a word-entry, the basic form of the word is given first. Derived forms considered to belong

to the same lexical item are given next, regardless of alphabetical order. For example, adverbial and

comparative forms of adjectives are listed after the adjective, regardless of alphabetical considerations. If

a form is radically different in alphabetical order from the base word, it will be listed separately and

given a cross-reference. For example, under wysoki high , one will find the comparative adjective

wy˝szy and the comparative adverb wy˝ej . These two forms are also listed separately, with reference to

wysoki.

The user is expected to have a basic command of Polish declension and conjugation. Regularly

derivable forms are not listed separately unless a regularly predictable form is nevertheless apt to cause

confusion. For example, the locative singular of ocet , occie , is listed, with a reference to ocet , because,

even though the form is regular, its visual appearance makes the word difficult to decipher.

Verb conjugation is indicated by giving the 1st and 2nd person sg. forms of the the present, along

with any other irregular present or past forms. The conjugation of prefixed mono-syllabic verbs is

sometimes indicated by referring to the simplex verb. For example, the following entry indicates that

donieÊç is conjugated like nieÊç :

donieÊç ^nieÊç pf, impf donosiç -sz´ -sisz o+L inform or report on. ~ si´ be reported

If a verb occurs only or mainly in the 3rd person, only the 3rd person singular (neuter) will be given.

See, for example,

b∏yskaç -a us 3p impf, pf b∏ysnàç -Ênie b∏ys∏o shine, flash, twinkle, glimmer.

b∏yska si´ there's

lightning

Aspect pairs are given in the order basic: derived, according to which aspect comes first, and

regardless of alphabetical considerations. If this decision causes an alphabetization problem, then the

derived aspect form is listed separately, with a cross reference. See, for example

irytowaç -tuj´ -tujesz impf, pf zirytowaç irritate,

with the derived perfective zirytowaç also having its own listing, with reference to irytowaç . In general,

common prefixed perfective forms of a simplex imperfective verb will be listed twice, both with the

base verb and as a cross-reference. However, the Acrobat search function will locate a prefixed

perfective verb next to its unprefixed base, whether or not it is cross-listed. In the listing

naraziç ^raziç pf, impf nara˝aç endanger. na+A expose to

the basic perfective form is given first, followed by the derived imperfective. Here no separate listing

for nara˝aç is needed, since no other words fall between it and the head word naraziç .

Aspect pairs in -aç -àç are usually listed in this order; see

bàkaç -am -asz impf, pf bàknàç -n´ -niesz , mumble, blurt out.

However, if the root of the form in -aç is altered by derivational processes, the verb will usually be

given under the form in -nàç , as in

wytknàç -n´ -niesz pf, impf wytykaç +D reproach

with wytykaç also given in a cross-reference. As this entry shows, derived imperfectives in -aç are

assumed to belong to the - am -asz type unless otherwise indicated.

A tilda is used to represent the head-word in phrasal illustrations, as in

kamieƒ mi -a stone, rock, flint, gem. szlachetny ~ gem-stone

If the head-word is illustrated in a different gender or case-form, then the right-hand part of the word

will be taken back to the first letter held in common, as in

aluzja f allusion. robiç ~je do+G allude to.

ABBREVIATIONS USED

^ inflected like

1p, 2p, 3p 1st, 2nd, 3rd person

accusative case

abbrev

abbreviation

affec

affectionate

adjective

arch

archaic

aug

augmentative

aux

auxiliary (verb)

adverb

coll

collective noun or numeral

colloq

colloquial

comp

comparative

cond

conditional mood

conj

conjunction

dative case

decl

declined

derog

derogatory

dim

diminutive

distr

distributive

e.o.

each other

emph

emphatic

esp

especially

exclam

exclamation

feminine noun

fac an

facultatively animate noun

fem

female variant

fig

figurative

formal

formal style usage

freq

frequentative

genitive case

hist

historical item

instrumental case

impf

imperfective aspect

imprec

imprecation

indecl

indeclinable

indef

indefinite

indic

indicative

infin

infinitive

inform

informal

inter

interrogative

interj

interjection

locative case

masculine animate

masculine inanimate

masculine personal

mppl

masculine personal plural

nominative case

neuter noun

neg

negative

nonce

nonce word

num aj

numerical adjective

num

numeral

o.a.

one another

o.s.

oneself, one's self

obs

obsolete

occ

occasionally

oft

often

pej

pejorative

pers

person, personal

perfective aspect

phr

phrase

pl form

plural form

plural

pred

predicator

prefix

prep

peposition

pron aj

pronominal adjective

pron

pronoun

quant

quantifier

reif num

reified numeral

s.o.

someone

s.t.

something

singular

sub

subordinating

suff

suffix

sup

suppletive

superl

superlative

title

personal title

usually

vocative case

derived verb

var

variant

vulg

vulgar

w.o.

without

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