jeśli

== Polish == === Etymology === Inherited from Old Polish jestli. By surface analysis, univerbation of jest +‎ li. Compare Czech jestli, Russian е́сли (jésli). === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ɛɕli Syllabification: je‧śli === Conjunction === jeśli introduces a real conditional clause; if Synonym: jeżeli Coordinate term: to (Middle Polish) The meaning of this term is uncertain. ==== Usage notes ==== Combined forms for this word are uncommon and often formed for stylization. ==== Declension ==== === Particle === jeśli (obsolete or Kuyavia, Wistka Królewska, Skoki Duże, Central Greater Poland, Jaraczewo, Książ Wielkopolski, Ostróda, Kraplewo, Western Kraków, Siewierz, Mierzęcice, Szczodrkowice, Olkusz, Trzebinia) interrogative particle: introduces a yes-no question; if, whether Synonym: czy (Middle Polish) The meaning of this term is uncertain. (Middle Polish) The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include: expresses optative meaning; hopefully, if only, let, may, had better === Synonyms === === See also === gdyby === Trivia === According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), jeśli is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 73 times in scientific texts, 27 times in news, 88 times in essays, 59 times in fiction, and 78 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 325 times, making it the 156th most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words. === References === === Further reading === Modern Standard Polish: “jeśli”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎[7] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN “jeśli”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[8] (in Polish) Middle Polish: Maria Renata Mayenowa; Stanisław Rospond; Witold Taszycki; Stefan Hrabec; Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023), “jeśli, jestli, jeżli, jezli, jesli”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish] “JEŚLI”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century], 03.01.2023 Historic dictionaries: Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814), “jeśli”, in Słownik języka polskiego Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861), “jeśli”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861 J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1902), “jeśli”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 2, Warsaw, page 173 Dialectal dictionaries: Jan Karłowicz (1901), “jeżeli, jeźli”, in Słownik gwar polskich [Dictionary of Polish dialects] (in Polish), volume 2: F do K, Kraków: Akademia Umiejętności, page 264 == Silesian == === Alternative forms === eli, ejźli, eźli, jeli, jesi, jeźli === Etymology === Inherited from Old Polish jestli. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈjɛɕ.li/ Rhymes: -ɛɕli Syllabification: jeś‧li === Conjunction === jeśli introduces a real conditional clause; if Synonym: jeżeli === Further reading === jeśli in silling.org