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Polish can have word-initial and word-medial clusters of up to four consonants, whereas word-final clusters can have up to five consonants. [68] Examples of such clusters can be found in words such as bezwzględny [bɛzˈvzɡlɛndnɨ] ('absolute' or 'heartless', 'ruthless'), źdźbło [ˈʑd͡ʑbwɔ] ('blade of grass'), wstrząs ...
Pages in category "Polish words and phrases" The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
to add – dodać; to allow – zezwolić; to appear – pojawić się; to ask – zapytać; to be – być; to become – zostać; to begin – na początek
List of poets who have written much of their poetry in Polish. See also Discussion Page for additional poets not listed here. See also Discussion Page for additional poets not listed here. Three 19th century poets have historically been recognized as the national poets of Polish Romantic literature, dubbed the Three Bards .
Culture.pl is a large Polish multilingual project and web portal devoted to Polish culture.It was founded by the Adam Mickiewicz Institute in March 2001. The project promotes the work of Polish artists around the world and is a popular information database on all artistic aspects of Polish culture.
Other English words were indirectly derived from Polish via Russian, French, German or Dutch. The Polish words themselves often come from other languages, such as German or Turkish. Borrowings from Polish tend to be mostly words referring to staples of Polish cuisine, names of Polish folk dances or specialist, e.g. horse-related, terminology ...
Some words are subject to certain vowel alternations, caused by historical sound changes in Polish. The alternations are as follows (they do not apply to all words containing these vowels): Alternations that depend on whether the syllable is closed or open: ó–o (e.g. rób – robić) ą–ę (e.g. dąb – dęby)
Grażyna [ɡraˈʐɨna] is a Polish feminine given name.The name was created by the Polish poet Adam Mickiewicz for the main character of his 1823 poem Grażyna.The name is derived from the Lithuanian adjective gražus, meaning "pretty", "beautiful".