wielki
التعريفات والمعاني
== Old Polish ==
=== Alternative forms ===
wieliki, wielgi
=== Etymology ===
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *velikъ. First attested in the 15th century.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /vʲɛlʲkiː/
IPA(key): (15th CE) /vʲɛlʲki/
=== Adjective ===
wielki (comparative więcszy, derived adverb wielko)
great, large (big in size)
Antonym: mały
great, large (big in quantity, amount, etc.)
Antonym: mały
great, large (big, having a big impact (of emotions etc.))
great (of large importance)
Antonym: mały
(of people) great (remarkable, standing out)
Antonym: mały
long (lasting a long time)
Synonym: długi
Antonym: mały
==== Derived terms ====
==== Related terms ====
==== Descendants ====
Polish: wielki, wieliki (Middle Polish), wielgi (Chełmno-Dobrzyń, Near Masovian, Przemyśl)
Silesian: wielki
=== References ===
Boryś, Wiesław (2005), “wielki”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN
Bożena Sieradzka-Baziur, et al., editors (2011–2015), “wielki, wieliki”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN
== Polish ==
=== Alternative forms ===
wieliki (Middle Polish)
wielgi (Chełmno-Dobrzyń, Near Masovian, Przemyśl)
=== Etymology ===
Inherited from Old Polish wielki.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈvjɛl.ki/
Rhymes: -ɛlki
Syllabification: wiel‧ki
=== Adjective ===
wielki (comparative większy, superlative największy, derived adverb wielce)
great, large (big in size)
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:duży
Antonyms: mały, niewielki
(typography) capital
Synonym: duży
Coordinate term: mały
great, large (having a high intensity, scale, etc.)
great (remarkable, standing out)
great (of large importance)
(of a position) high, grand (exalted in rank, station)
==== Declension ====
==== Derived terms ====
=== Trivia ===
According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), wielki is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 123 times in scientific texts, 93 times in news, 102 times in essays, 97 times in fiction, and 50 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 465 times, making it the 97th most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.
=== References ===
=== Further reading ===
“wielki”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego[2] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
“wielki”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN[3] (in Polish)
Maria Renata Mayenowa; Stanisław Rospond; Witold Taszycki; Stefan Hrabec; Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023), “wielki”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
“WIELKI”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century], 28.04.2022
Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814), “wielki”, in Słownik języka polskiego
Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861), “wielki”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1919), “wielki”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 7, Warsaw, page 568
wielki in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego
== Silesian ==
=== Etymology ===
Inherited from Old Polish wielki.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈvjɛl.ki/
Rhymes: -ɛlki
Syllabification: wiel‧ki
=== Adjective ===
wielki
great, large (very big)
great (large in degree)
great (very important)
great (talented)
==== Declension ====
=== Further reading ===
wielki in dykcjonorz.eu
wielki in silling.org