generalny

See also: generálny

Polish

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɡɛ.nɛˈral.nɨ/
  • (Middle Polish) IPA(key): /ɡɛ.nɛˈral.nɨ/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -alnɨ
  • Syllabification: ge‧ne‧ral‧ny

Adjective

generalny (not always comparable, comparative bardziej generalny or (less common) generalniejszy, superlative najbardziej generalny or (less common) najgeneralniejszy, 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

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Derived terms
nouns
  • Generalna Gubernia
  • generalność
  • kuria generalna
  • próba generalna

Descendants
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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] (in Polish), volume 1-4, Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN SA, →ISBN
  4. “jeneralny”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish], 2010-2023
  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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