służyć

== Old Polish == === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Slavic *služìti. First attested in the second half of the 14th century. By surface analysis, sługa +‎ -yć. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /sɫuʒʲit͡ɕʲ/ IPA(key): (15th CE) /sɫuʒʲit͡ɕʲ/ === Verb === służyć impf (attested in Lesser Poland) to serve (to provide a service to someone) to serve (to be useful) (religion, attested in Lesser Poland, Southern Borderlands) to serve (to worship a god or deity in an official capacity) (religion) to conduct mass (military, attested in Masovia) to serve (to be in military service) (of property and belongings, attested in Masovia) to fall to one's lot to belong to someone; to concern something to be intended or used for something ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Polish: służyć Silesian: sużyć === References === Boryś, Wiesław (2005), “służyć”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN Mańczak, Witold (2017), “służyć”, in Polski słownik etymologiczny (in Polish), Kraków: Polska Akademia Umiejętności, →ISBN Bożena Sieradzka-Baziur, et al., editors (2011–2015), “służyć”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN Ewa Deptuchowa, et al., editors (2023), “służyć”, in Rozariusze z polskimi glosami. Internetowa baza danych [Dictionaries of Polish glosses, an Internet database] (in Polish), Kraków: Pracownia Języka Staropolskiego Instytut Języka Polskiego Polskiej Akademii Nauk == Polish == === Etymology === Inherited from Old Polish służyć. By surface analysis, sługa +‎ -yć. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -uʐɘt͡ɕ Syllabification: słu‧żyć === Verb === służyć impf (frequentative sługiwać) (intransitive) to serve (to have a given use or purpose; to function for something or to do something) [with dative ‘whom’, along with jako (+ nominative) or za (+ accusative) ‘as what’, along with do (+ genitive) ‘for what purpose’] (intransitive) to serve (to affect someone or something positively) [with dative ‘whom’] (intransitive) to serve (to be in a good state) [with dative ‘whom’] (intransitive) to serve (to be ready to help) [with dative ‘whom’ and instrumental ‘with what’] (intransitive) to serve (to fulfill some role or act as) [with dative ‘whom’, along with jako (+ nominative) or za (+ accusative) ‘as what’] (intransitive) to serve (to focus one's actions to the good of someone or something) [with dative ‘whom’ and instrumental ‘with what’] (intransitive, military) to serve (to be in military service) (intransitive, archaic) to service (to be an assistant doing minor tasks in someone's house or on someone's farm) [with jako (+ nominative) or za (+ accusative) ‘as what’] Synonym: posługiwać (intransitive, of a dog) to beg (to stand on its hind legs) Synonym: prosić (intransitive, obsolete) to fall to one's lot Synonym: przysługiwać ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Trivia === According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), służyć is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 30 times in scientific texts, 15 times in news, 16 times in essays, 18 times in fiction, and 4 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 83 times, making it the 773rd most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words. === References === === Further reading === “służyć”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎[10] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN “służyć”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[11] (in Polish) Maria Renata Mayenowa; Stanisław Rospond; Witold Taszycki; Stefan Hrabec; Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023), “służyć”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish] Maria Renata Mayenowa; Stanisław Rospond; Witold Taszycki; Stefan Hrabec; Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023), “służyć się”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish] “SŁUŻYĆ”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century], 08.02.2023 Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814), “służyć”, in Słownik języka polskiego Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861), “służyć”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861 J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1915), “służyć”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 6, Warsaw, page 230 służyć in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego