związek

== Old Polish == === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sъvęzъkъ. First attested in the fifteenth century. By surface analysis, zwięzać +‎ -ek. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /zvʲɑ̃zɛk/ IPA(key): (15th CE) /zvʲɑ̃zɛk/ === Noun === związek m animacy unattested bunch, bundle, cluster, sheaf (attested in Greater Poland) scroll (attested in Greater Poland) bind (that which prohibits or inhibits) ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Polish: związek Silesian: zwiōnzek === References === Boryś, Wiesław (2005), “związek”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN Bożena Sieradzka-Baziur, et al., editors (2011–2015), “związek”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN == Polish == === Etymology === Inherited from Old Polish związek. By surface analysis, związać +‎ -ek. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ɔw̃zɛk Syllabification: zwią‧zek === Noun === związek m inan connection, relation, relationship (relationship existing between two things) [with między (+ instrumental) ‘between what/whom’; or with z (+ instrumental) ‘with what/whom’; or with genitive ‘of what/whom’] connection, bond relation, relationship (contact between two things between connectedness or communication may be established) [with z (+ instrumental) ‘with what/whom’] bond, relation, relationship (that which connects two things) [with między (+ instrumental) ‘between what/whom’; or with z (+ instrumental) ‘with what/whom’] Synonyms: relacja, więzy, więź relationship (romantic connection between two people) [with z (+ instrumental) ‘with what/whom’] union, association (institution whose aim is to realize common goals of its members) związek zawodowy ― labor union Związek Radziecki ― Soviet Union (chemistry) compound (substance formed by chemical bonding of two or more elements in definite proportions by weight) (archaic, except in set phrases) point, meaning, sense; logic Synonyms: logika, sens (obsolete) bond (that which physically connects things) Synonyms: więzadło, więź (obsolete) bind (that which prohibits or inhibits) Synonyms: sęk, wiązka (obsolete) bunch, bundle, cluster, sheaf (obsolete) chain, belt (line of similar objects) Synonyms: ciąg, pasmo, szereg (obsolete, anatomy) ligament Synonym: więzadło ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Trivia === According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), związek is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 88 times in scientific texts, 130 times in news, 112 times in essays, 13 times in fiction, and 13 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 356 times, making it the 141st most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words. === References === === Further reading === “związek”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎[8] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN “związek”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[9] (in Polish) Maria Renata Mayenowa; Stanisław Rospond; Witold Taszycki; Stefan Hrabec; Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023), “związek”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish] “ZWIĄZEK”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century], 22 July 2008 Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814), “związek”, in Słownik języka polskiego Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861), “związek”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861 J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1927), “związek”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 8, Warsaw, page 641 związek in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego