kwesta

See also: kwestą

Polish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin questa. Compare Italian questua.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkfɛs.ta/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛsta
  • Syllabification: kwes‧ta

Noun

kwesta f

  1. collection, fundraising (public fundraising for a charitable cause)
  2. collection (money collected during such a fundraising)
  3. (obsolete, agriculture) collection (collection of agricultural produce for donation to the monastery, customarily carried out in the autumn after the harvest)

Declension

Declension of kwesta
singular plural
nominative kwesta kwesty
genitive kwesty kwest
dative kweście kwestom
accusative kwestę kwesty
instrumental kwestą kwestami
locative kweście kwestach
vocative kwesto kwesty

Derived terms

nouns
  • kwestarka
  • kwestarz
verbs
adjectives
  • kwestarski
nouns
  • kwestarstwo

Further reading

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