jeśli
Polish
Alternative forms
- jestli, jeżli, jezli, jesli (Middle Polish)
Etymology
Inherited from Old Polish jestli. By surface analysis, univerbation of jest + li. Compare Czech jestli, Russian е́сли (jésli).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈjɛɕ.li/
- (Middle Polish) IPA(key): /ˈjɛɕ.li/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɛɕli
- Syllabification: jeś‧li
Conjunction
jeśli
- Introduces a real conditional clause; if
- (Middle Polish) The meaning of this term is uncertain.
Declension
Combined forms of jeśli
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
1st person | jeślim | jeśliśmy |
2nd person | jeśliś | jeśliście |
3rd person | jeśli | jeśli |
Particle
jeśli
- (obsolete) interrogative particle: introduces a yes-no question; whether
- Synonym: czy
- The meaning of this term is uncertain.
- The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include:
Trivia
According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), jeśli is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 73 times in scientific texts, 27 times in news, 88 times in essays, 59 times in fiction, and 78 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 325 times, making it the 156th most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.[1]
See also
References
Further reading
- jeśli in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- jeśli in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- “jeśli, jestli, jeżli, jezli, jesli”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish], 2010-2023
- “JEŚLI”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century], 03.01.2023
- Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814), “jeśli”, in Słownik języka polskiego
- Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861), “jeśli”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
- J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1902), “jeśli”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 2, Warsaw, page 173
Silesian
Etymology
Inherited from Old Polish jestli.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈjɛɕli/
- Rhymes: -ɛɕli
- Syllabification: jeś‧li
Further reading
- jeśli in silling.org
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