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See also: istotą
Old Polish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *jьstota. By surface analysis, isty + -ota. First attested in c. 1450.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
istota f
- (law) confirmation (certifying, stating, strengthening a legal act, submitting a declaration, certifying activity)
- (law) document of proof of eligibility
- 1856-1870 [1466], Antoni Zygmunt Helcel, editor, Starodawne Prawa Polskiego Pomniki, volume II, number 3839:
- Pecunie sibi debuntur, ostendat aliquod jus al. *gistota[thy], quam super eandem domum habet
- [Pecunie sibi debuntur, ostendat aliquod jus al. jistotę[thy], quam super eandem domum habet]
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “istota”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN
- Mańczak, Witold (2017) “istota”, in Polski słownik etymologiczny (in Polish), Kraków: Polska Akademia Umiejętności, →ISBN
- Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “istota”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
- Sławski, Franciszek (1958-1965) “istota”, in Jan Safarewicz, Andrzej Siudut, editors, Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological dictionary of the Polish language] (in Polish), Kraków: Towarzystwo Miłośników Języka Polskiego
- B. Sieradzka-Baziur, editor (2011–2015), “istota”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN
Polish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Old Polish istota. By surface analysis, isty + -ota.
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /isˈtɔ.ta/
- (Middle Polish) IPA(key): /isˈtɔ.ta/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɔta
- Syllabification: is‧to‧ta
Noun[edit]
istota f (diminutive istotka)
- (countable) being (living organism)
- (countable) being (unreal thing with human or animal characteristics)
- (uncountable) essence (most important and fundamental thing about something)
- Synonyms: ekstrakt, esencja, rdzeń, sól, substancja
- (uncountable, literary) essence, being (totality of features that constitute being someone or something)
- (uncountable, obsolete) certainty (sureness of one's belief)
- Synonym: pewność
- (uncountable, obsolete, except in set phrases, medicine) matter (that which constitutes the body)
- (countable, Middle Polish) foundation
- Synonym: fundament
- (uncountable, Middle Polish) security, guarantee, assurance; reliability; protection
- (countable, Middle Polish) document assuring such security
- (countable, Middle Polish, law) type of warranty or surety
- (uncountable, Middle Polish) existence
- Synonym: istnienie
- (countable, Middle Polish) property, estate
Declension[edit]
Declension of istota
Derived terms[edit]
adjectives
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Related terms[edit]
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Descendants[edit]
- → Old Ruthenian: истота (istota)
Trivia[edit]
According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), istota is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 21 times in scientific texts, 3 times in news, 20 times in essays, 6 times in fiction, and 7 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 57 times, making it the 1129th most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.[1]
References[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- istota in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- istota in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “istota”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
- “ISTOTA”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century], 19.09.2008
- Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “istota”, in Słownik języka polskiego[3]
- Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “istota”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861[4]
- J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1902), “istota”, in Słownik języka polskiego[5] (in Polish), volume 2, Warsaw, page 112
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