bitwa

See also: bitwą

Kashubian

Alternative forms

  • biôtka

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bìtva

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbi.tfa/
  • Rhymes: -itfa
  • Syllabification: bi‧twa

Noun

bitwa f (diminutive bitewka)

  1. battle

Derived terms

adjectives

Further reading

  • Jan Trepczyk (1994) “bitwa”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes 1–2
  • Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “bitwa”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi[1]
  • bitwa”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish bitwa, from Proto-Slavic *bìtva. By surface analysis, bić +‎ -twa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbi.tfa/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -itfa
  • Syllabification: bi‧twa

Noun

bitwa f (diminutive bitewka) [with z (+ instrumental) ‘with whom’] [with między or pomiędzy (+ instrumental) ‘between whom and whom’] [with o (+ accusative) ‘for what’]

  1. (military) battle (general action, fight, or encounter, in which all the divisions of an army are or may be engaged; a combat, an engagement) [with nad (+ instrumental) ‘of what river’], [with pod (+ instrumental) ‘of what geographic location’]
    Hyponym: batalia
  2. fight, brawl, struggle (physical confrontation or combat between two or more people or groups)
    Synonyms: bitka, bójka
  3. battle, fight (nonphysical conflict, with opposing ideas or forces; strife.)
    Synonyms: walka, wojna

Declension

Derived terms

adjective
verb

Collocations

Further reading

  • bitwa in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • bitwa in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Silesian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish bitwa, from Proto-Slavic *bìtva.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbi.tfa/
  • Rhymes: -itfa
  • Syllabification: bi‧twa

Noun

bitwa f (diminutive bitŏwka)

  1. battle
    • 2014, Waldemar Szymczyk, editor, Freedland[2], →ISBN, archived from the original on 30 November 2021, page 43:
      Jo spowiadołech sie przed bitwom, posiedza tukej, jakby zaś kery prziszoł co pedzieć.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading