nigdy

== Old Polish == === Alternative forms === nidy === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Slavic *nikъdy. First attested in 1395. By surface analysis, ni- +‎ gdy. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /ɲiɡdi/ IPA(key): (15th CE) /ɲiɡdi/ === Adverb === nigdy (attested in Greater Poland) never sometimes; on occasion (repeated) sometimes... but other times ==== Usage notes ==== The example in the quote for sense 3 may also be niegdy. ==== Descendants ==== Polish: nigdy Silesian: nigdy === References === Boryś, Wiesław (2005), “nigdy”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000), “nigdy”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish) 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), “nigdy”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN == Polish == === Etymology === Inherited from Old Polish nigdy. By surface analysis, ni- +‎ gdy. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -iɡdɘ Syllabification: ni‧gdy === Adverb === nigdy (not comparable) never ==== Usage notes ==== Combined forms for this word are uncommon and often formed for stylization. ==== Declension ==== === Trivia === According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), nigdy is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 16 times in scientific texts, 9 times in news, 13 times in essays, 68 times in fiction, and 120 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 226 times, making it the 242nd most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words. === References === === Further reading === nigdy in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN nigdy in Polish dictionaries at PWN Maria Renata Mayenowa; Stanisław Rospond; Witold Taszycki; Stefan Hrabec; Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023), “nigdy”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish] “NIGDY”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century], 24.03.2019 Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814), “nigdy”, in Słownik języka polskiego Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861), “nigdy”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861 J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1904), “nigdy”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 3, Warsaw, page 389 == Silesian == === Etymology === Inherited from Old Polish nigdy. By surface analysis, ni- +‎ gdy. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɲiɡ.dɪ/ Rhymes: -iɡdɪ Syllabification: nig‧dy === Adverb === nigdy never === Further reading === nigdy in silling.org