służba

== Kashubian == === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Slavic *slùžьba. By surface analysis, służëc +‎ -ba. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈswuʒ.ba/ Rhymes: -uʒba Syllabification: służ‧ba === Noun === służba f service (work for a community or to achieve a specific goal, which someone performs with dedication and a sense of mission) service (work as a member of the military) service (department in a company, organization, or institution) service (state of being subordinate to or employed by an individual or group) service (people in such a state or employed as such) === Further reading === Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011), “służba”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎[2] == Old Polish == === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Slavic *slùžьba. By surface analysis, służyć + -ba. Sense 8 is a semantic loan from an East Slavic language. First attested in the 14th century. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /sɫuʒʲba/ IPA(key): (15th CE) /sɫuʒʲba/ === Noun === służba f (related adjective służebny) (attested in Lesser Poland, Southern Borderlands, Pomerania, Greater Poland) service (act of carrying out tasks and requests for someone) service (willingness to help) (attested in Greater Poland, Masovia) service (fulfilling official duties, holding an office; state of being subordinate to or employed by an individual or group) service (performing religious activities, sacrifices, performing religious ceremonies) payment or remuneration for service friendship (attested in Greater Poland) use (act of using; purpose for which something may be employed) (attested in Greater Poland) farm leased with the performance of service (attested in Lesser Poland) table setting ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Polish: służba Silesian: sużba === References === Boryś, Wiesław (2005), “służba”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN Sławski, Franciszek (1958-1965), “służba”, in Jan Safarewicz, Andrzej Siudut, editors, Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological dictionary of the Polish language] (in Polish), Kraków: Towarzystwo Miłośników Języka Polskiego Mańczak, Witold (2017), “służba”, in Polski słownik etymologiczny (in Polish), Kraków: Polska Akademia Umiejętności, →ISBN Bożena Sieradzka-Baziur, et al., editors (2011–2015), “służba”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN == Polish == === Etymology === Inherited from Old Polish służba. By surface analysis, służyć +‎ -ba. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -uʐba Syllabification: służ‧ba === Noun === służba f (related adjective służbowy or (archaic) służebny) (uncountable) service (work for a community or to achieve a specific goal, which someone performs with dedication and a sense of mission) [with dative ‘to whom/what’] Synonym: posługa (countable) service (work as a member of the military) Synonym: służba wojskowa (uncountable) service (state of being subordinate to or employed by an individual or group) (uncountable) service (people in such a state or employed as such) Synonym: czeladź (countable) service (department in a company, organization, or institution) (uncountable) service (duties performed during specific working hours in some institutions) (uncountable, obsolete) service (act of waiting on someone) Synonym: usługiwanie (countable, obsolete) service, table setting Synonym: serwis (countable, obsolete) sideboard (piece of furtniture for such a setting) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Trivia === According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), służba is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 13 times in scientific texts, 39 times in news, 30 times in essays, 12 times in fiction, and 9 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 103 times, making it the 610th most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words. === References === === Further reading === “służba”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎[13] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN “służba”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[14] (in Polish) Maria Renata Mayenowa; Stanisław Rospond; Witold Taszycki; Stefan Hrabec; Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023), “służba”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish] “SŁUŻBA”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century], 13.06.2009 Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814), “służba”, in Słownik języka polskiego Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861), “służba”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861 J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1915), “służba”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 6, Warsaw, page 227