anioł

== Polish == === Alternative forms === anjoł, angioł, jenioł, amnioł, annioł, jamioł (Middle Polish) janioł (Middle Polish, Western Lublin, Puławy) === Etymology === Inherited from Old Polish anjoł. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈa.ɲɔw/ Rhymes: -aɲɔw Syllabification: a‧nioł Homophone: Anioł === Noun === anioł m animal or m pers (female equivalent anielica, diminutive aniołek, related adjective aniołowy or anielski) (biblical, Christianity, Islam, Judaism) angel (incorporeal and sometimes divine messenger from a deity, or other divine entity, often depicted in art as a youthful winged figure in flowing robes) (art) angel (depiction of an angel in art) (figurative) angel (person having the qualities attributed to angels, such as purity or selflessness) (literary) angel (person or phenomenon considered the personification or sign of something) (obsolete) evil spirit (Middle Polish, military) type of artillery shell ==== Declension ==== Normal modern declension is animate (nominative and accusative plural anioły). Personal declension (nominative plural aniołowie, accusative plural aniołów) is dated or literary. The form anieli is archaic. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Belarusian: анёл (anjól) → Kashubian: aniół === Further reading === anioł in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN anioł in Polish dictionaries at PWN anioł in PWN's encyclopedia Maria Renata Mayenowa; Stanisław Rospond; Witold Taszycki; Stefan Hrabec; Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023), “anjoł”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish] Krystyna Siekierska (17.04.2023), “ANIOŁ”, 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), “anioł”, in Słownik języka polskiego Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861), “anioł”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861 J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “anioł”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 38 anioł in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego