osoba
التعريفات والمعاني
== Czech ==
=== Etymology ===
Inherited from Old Czech osoba, from Proto-Slavic *osoba.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): [ˈosoba]
=== Noun ===
osoba f
person
(grammar) person
==== Declension ====
==== Related terms ====
=== Further reading ===
“osoba”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
“osoba”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
“osoba”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026
== Old Czech ==
=== Etymology ===
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *osoba.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): (13th CE) /ˈosoba/
IPA(key): (15th CE) /ˈosoba/
=== Noun ===
osoba f
being (thing that exists from its properties)
form, appearance, shape
image, simile
form; manner of existence
(Christianity) body and blood (bread and wine) of the Sacrament of the Eucharist (Is there an English equivalent to this definition?)
(Christianity) person (any one of the three hypostases of the Holy Trinity: the Father, Son, or Holy Spirit)
person
person (in conjunction with another nominal; someone specific and not someone else)
(grammar) person
==== Declension ====
==== Derived terms ====
==== Descendants ====
Czech: osoba
=== Further reading ===
Jan Gebauer (1903–1916), “osoba”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění
== Old Polish ==
=== Etymology ===
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *osoba. First attested in the mid 15th century.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /ɔsɔba/
IPA(key): (15th CE) /ɔsɔba/
=== Noun ===
osoba f
(attested in Lesser Poland) essence (quality that makes up or determines a being)
person
Synonyms: człowiek, twarz
(attested in Masovia) form, appearance, shape
(attested in Masovia) type, species, kind
==== Derived terms ====
==== Descendants ====
Polish: osoba
Silesian: ôsoba, (proscribed) osoba
→ Old Ruthenian: осо́ба (osóba)
Belarusian: асо́ба (asóba)
Ukrainian: осо́ба (osóba)
→ Russian: осо́ба (osóba)
=== References ===
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), “osoba”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN
== Polish ==
=== Etymology ===
Inherited from Old Polish osoba.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ɔˈsɔ.ba/
Rhymes: -ɔba
Syllabification: o‧so‧ba
=== Noun ===
osoba f (diminutive osóbka)
person
Synonyms: człowiek, twarz
(grammar) person
(narratology) character in any work [with genitive ‘of what’]
Synonym: postać
(Middle Polish, theater) character in a play
person (in conjunction with another nominal; someone specific and not someone else)
osoba ministra ― the minister/the minister's person
osoba autora ― the author/the author's person
osoba króla ― the king/the king's person
osoba papieża ― the pope/the pope's person
osoba władcy ― the ruler/the ruler's person
(humorous, obsolete) personality, notable, figure (well-known person)
Synonym: osobistość
(obsolete) form, appearance, shape; persona
(Middle Polish) property, essence (quality that makes up or determines a being)
(Middle Polish, Christianity) person (any one of the three hypostases of the Holy Trinity: the Father, Son, or Holy Spirit)
(Middle Polish, Christianity) body and blood (bread and wine) of the Sacrament of the Eucharist (Is there an English equivalent to this definition?)
(Middle Polish) The meaning of this term is uncertain.
==== Declension ====
==== Derived terms ====
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==== Collocations ====
=== Trivia ===
According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), osoba is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 21 times in scientific texts, 109 times in news, 29 times in essays, 23 times in fiction, and 14 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 196 times, making it the 279th most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.
=== References ===
=== Further reading ===
“osoba”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego[3] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
“osoba”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN[4] (in Polish)
Maria Renata Mayenowa; Stanisław Rospond; Witold Taszycki; Stefan Hrabec; Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023), “osoba”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
“OSOBA”, 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), “osoba”, in Słownik języka polskiego
Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861), “osoba”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1904), “osoba”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 3, Warsaw, page 856
Wanda Decyk-Zięba, editor (2018-2022), “osoba”, in Dydaktyczny Słownik Etymologiczno-historyczny Języka Polskiego [A Didactic, Historical, Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), →ISBN
== Serbo-Croatian ==
=== Etymology ===
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *osoba.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ôsoba/
Hyphenation: o‧so‧ba
=== Noun ===
ȍsoba f (Cyrillic spelling о̏соба)
person
==== Declension ====
=== Further reading ===
“osoba”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026
== Silesian ==
=== Noun ===
osoba f
proscribed form of ôsoba
== Slovak ==
=== Etymology ===
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *osoba.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ɔsɔba/, [ˈɔsɔba]
Rhymes: -ɔba
Hyphenation: o‧so‧ba
=== Noun ===
osoba f (diminutive osôbka)
person
(grammar) person
==== Declension ====
==== Related terms ====
osobnosť f
osobitosť f
osobitý
osobný
zosobnenie n
=== Further reading ===
“osoba”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026