pociąg

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pociąg

Alternative forms

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  • ciapong (childish or ironic, humorous)

Etymology

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Deverbal from pociągać. Sense 1 is a semantic loan from French train, English train, and German Zug.[1] Sense 2 is a semantic loan from French inclination.[1] First attested in 1550.[2]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈpɔ.t͡ɕɔŋk/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔt͡ɕɔŋk
  • Syllabification: po‧ciąg

Noun

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pociąg m inan (related adjective pociągowy)

  1. train (mechanical (traditionally steam-powered, now typically diesel or electrical) vehicle carrying a large number of passengers and freight along a designated track or path; a line of connected wagons considered overall as a mode of transport)
    Pociąg do Warszawy odjeżdża za godzinę.The train to Warsaw departs in an hour.
  2. inclination, predilection, proclivity, predisposition, penchant (condition of favoring or liking; a tendency towards)
  3. (Middle Polish, construction) traverse holding up a wooden construction [16th century][2] (Is there an English equivalent to this definition?)
  4. (Middle Polish, birding) line that one pulls to close a fowler's net [16th century][2] (Is there an English equivalent to this definition?)
  5. (Middle Polish, sailing) sail (piece of fabric attached to a boat and arranged such that it causes the wind to drive the boat along; the sail may be attached to the boat via a combination of mast, spars, and ropes) [16th century][2]
    Synonym: żagiel
  6. (obsolete) animal-drawn vehicle [17th–19th c.][3][4]
  7. (obsolete) pulling (act by which something is pulled) [17th–19th c.][5][4]
    Synonym: pociąganie

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References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “pociąg”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego (in Polish)
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku
  3. ^ Paweł Kupiszewski (04.09.2018) “POCIĄG”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku
  4. 4.0 4.1 Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), “pociąg”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN
  5. ^ Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “pociąg”, in Słownik języka polskiego, volume 2, page 772

Further reading

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