analfabetyzm

Polish

Etymology

From analfabeta +‎ -yzm. First attested in 1899.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.nal.faˈbɛ.tɘzm/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛtɘzm
  • Syllabification: a‧nal‧fa‧be‧tyzm

Noun

analfabetyzm m inan

  1. (education) illiteracy, analphabetism (inability to read or write) [with wśród (+ genitive) ‘among whom’]
    Synonym: niepiśmienność
    Antonyms: alfabetyzm, piśmienność
    powszechny analfabetyzm ― common/widespread illiteracy
    likwidacja analfabetyzmu ― elimination/eradication of illiteracy
    akcja zwalczania analfabetyzmu ― mission to fight illiteracy
    rozwój analfabetyzmu ― development of illiteracy
    poziom analfabetyzmu ― level of illiteracy
    zlikwidować analfabetyzm ― to eliminate/eradicate illiteracy
  2. (by extension) illiteracy (incapability of a given task) [with w (+ locative) ‘at what’]

Declension

Declension of analfabetyzm
singular
nominative analfabetyzm
genitive analfabetyzmu
dative analfabetyzmowi
accusative analfabetyzm
instrumental analfabetyzmem
locative analfabetyzmie
vocative analfabetyzmie

Derived terms

nouns
  • funkcjonalny analfabetyzm
  • wtórny analfabetyzm
adjectives
adverb
nouns

References

  1. ^ Szlachetczyzna a Odrodzenie Galicyi (1899) Ignacy Daszyński‎[1] (in Polish), page 52

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