stanowić

== Old Polish == === Etymology === From Proto-Slavic *stanъ + *-ovъ + Old Polish -ić. First attested in c. 1400. Compare sadowić. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /stanɔvit͡ɕʲ/ IPA(key): (15th CE) /stanɔvit͡ɕʲ/ === Verb === stanowić impf to set something firmly (attested in Pomerania, Greater Poland) to restrain (attested in Pomerania, Greater Poland) to strengthen to build (attested in Sieradz-Łęczyca) to stable (reflexive with się) to be, to reside, to take a position ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Polish: stanowić === References === Boryś, Wiesław (2005), “stanowić”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN Bożena Sieradzka-Baziur, et al., editors (2011–2015), “stanowić, stanowić się”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN == Polish == === Etymology === Inherited from Old Polish stanowić. Compare Kashubian stanowic and Slovincian stanôwjic. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ɔvit͡ɕ Syllabification: sta‧no‧wić === Verb === stanowić impf (transitive, literary) to constitute, to comprise, to make up; to pose; to present (to be) Synonym: być stanowić groźbę ― to pose a threat stanowić populację ― to make up a population stanowić większość ― to make up the majority stanowić część ― to constitute a part stanowić problem ― to present a problem (intransitive, literary) to determine (to be a factor that makes a difference) [with o (+ locative) ‘about what’] (intransitive, literary) to determine (to make a decision) [with o (+ locative) ‘about what’] Synonym: decydować (transitive, literary) to establish, to constitute, to implement Synonym: ustanawiać (transitive, bureaucracy, of a bill) to be in force (to cause citizens to have to behave a certain way) (transitive) to allow male livestock to approach a female for copulation (Is there an English equivalent to this definition?) (transitive, of dogs) to stop a fleeing animal allowing the hunter to shoot it (transitive, obsolete) to stop (to cause to stop moving) Synonym: zatrzymywać (transitive, obsolete) to build, to construct Synonym: budować (reflexive with się, dated) to appoint oneself to a position [with instrumental ‘what position’] Synonym: ustanawiać się (reflexive with się, obsolete) to be established, to be constituted, to be implemented (reflexive with się, obsolete) to stop (to stop moving) Synonym: zatrzymywać się (reflexive with się, obsolete) to be built, to constructed ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Trivia === According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), stanowić is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 88 times in scientific texts, 51 times in news, 82 times in essays, 12 times in fiction, and 2 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 235 times, making it the 232nd most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words. === References === === Further reading === “stanowić”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎[15] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN “stanowić”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[16] (in Polish) Maria Renata Mayenowa; Stanisław Rospond; Witold Taszycki; Stefan Hrabec; Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023), “stanowić”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish] Maria Renata Mayenowa; Stanisław Rospond; Witold Taszycki; Stefan Hrabec; Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023), “stanowić się”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish] “STANOWIĆ”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century], 18 January 2023 Wiesław Morawski (27.02.2023), “STANOWIĆ%20SIĘ”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century] Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814), “stanowić”, in Słownik języka polskiego Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861), “stanowić”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861 J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1915), “stanowić”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 6, Warsaw, page 391 stanowić in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego