chwila
Kashubian
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
editchwila f (diminutive chwilka)
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editFurther reading
edit- Stefan Ramułt (1893) “χvila”, in Słownik języka pomorskiego czyli kaszubskiego (in Kashubian), page 57
- Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “chwila”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi[1]
- “chwila”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022
Old Polish
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Middle High German wīle,[1][2] from Old High German wīla, from Proto-Germanic *hwīlō. First attested in the beginning of the 15th century.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editchwila f (diminutive filka)
- (attested in Lesser Poland) moment (brief, unspecified amount of time)
- Beginning of the 15th century, Łukasz z Wielkiego Koźmina, Kazania gnieźnieńskie[2], Krakow, page 171b:
- Thø to chwylø ne czasz gest tego tho vyslouicz
- [Tą to chwilą nie czas jest tego to wysłowić]
Descendants
edit- Polish: chwila, chfila (Middle Polish), chwiła (Central Greater Poland, Poznań)
- Silesian: chwila
References
edit- ^ Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “chwila”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN
- ^ Sławski, Franciszek (1958-1965) “chwila”, in Jan Safarewicz, Andrzej Siudut, editors, Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological dictionary of the Polish language] (in Polish), Kraków: Towarzystwo Miłośników Języka Polskiego
- 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), “chwila”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN
Further reading
edit- Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “chwila”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
Polish
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editInherited from Old Polish chwila. Compare Czech chvíle, English while, German Weile.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editchwila f (diminutive chwilka or chwilunia)
- instant, moment (very short period of time)
- instant, moment (single, usually precise, point in time)
- Synonym: moment
- (regional) weather, especially bad weather
- (Middle Polish) free time, time off
Declension
editTrivia
editAccording to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), chwila is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 46 times in scientific texts, 35 times in news, 47 times in essays, 181 times in fiction, and 97 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 406 times, making it the 116th most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.[1]
Interjection
editchwila
- (colloquial) wait a minute, wait a moment, wait a second (used when the speaker expects to refrain from speaking or acting for a short time)
- Synonyms: chwila moment, chwileczkę, momencik, moment
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editDescendants
editReferences
editFurther reading
edit- chwila in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- chwila in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “chwila, chfila”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
- “CHWILA”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century], 07.05.2010
- Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “chwila”, in Słownik języka polskiego
- Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “chwila”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
- J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “chwila”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 309
- chwila in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego
Silesian
editEtymology
editInherited from Old Polish chwila.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editchwila f (diminutive chwilka)
- instant, moment (very short period of time)
- Synonym: mōmynt
- instant, moment (single, usually precise, point in time)
- Synonym: mōmynt
Further reading
edit- Kashubian terms derived from Old Polish
- Kashubian terms derived from Middle High German
- Kashubian terms derived from Old High German
- Kashubian terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Kashubian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Kashubian terms borrowed from Polish
- Kashubian terms derived from Polish
- Kashubian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Kashubian/ila
- Rhymes:Kashubian/ila/2 syllables
- Kashubian lemmas
- Kashubian nouns
- Kashubian feminine nouns
- csb:Time
- Old Polish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Old Polish terms borrowed from Middle High German
- Old Polish terms derived from Middle High German
- Old Polish terms derived from Old High German
- Old Polish terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Old Polish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Old Polish lemmas
- Old Polish nouns
- Old Polish feminine nouns
- Lesser Poland Old Polish
- Old Polish terms with quotations
- zlw-opl:Time
- Polish terms derived from Middle High German
- Polish terms derived from Old High German
- Polish terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Polish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Polish terms inherited from Old Polish
- Polish terms derived from Old Polish
- Polish 2-syllable words
- Polish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Polish terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:Polish/ila
- Rhymes:Polish/ila/2 syllables
- Polish lemmas
- Polish nouns
- Polish feminine nouns
- Regional Polish
- Middle Polish
- Polish interjections
- Polish colloquialisms
- pl:Time
- Silesian terms derived from Middle High German
- Silesian terms derived from Old High German
- Silesian terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Silesian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Silesian terms inherited from Old Polish
- Silesian terms derived from Old Polish
- Silesian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Silesian/ila
- Rhymes:Silesian/ila/2 syllables
- Silesian lemmas
- Silesian nouns
- Silesian feminine nouns
- szl:Time