mnogi

• mnohy (Middle Polish)

Inherited from Old Polish mnogi, from Proto-Slavic *mъnogъ.

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• Rhymes: -ɔɡi
• Syllabification: mno‧gi

mnogi (not comparable, derived adverb mnogo)

1. (literary) numerous

   Synonym: liczny

2. plural

• mnogi in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• mnogi in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “MNOGI”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
• Marek Kunicki-Goldfinger (16.11.2022) “MNOGI”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]
• Wanda Decyk-Zięba, editor (2018-2022), “mnogi”, in Dydaktyczny Słownik Etymologiczno-historyczny Języka Polskiego [A Didactic, Historical, Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), →ISBN
• Brückner, Aleksander (1927) “mnogi”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mъnogъ. Cognate with English many.

• IPA^(key): /mnôɡiː/
• Hyphenation: mno‧gi

mnȍgī (Cyrillic spelling мно̏гӣ)

1. (in the plural) many

   mnogi ljudi — many people, a lot of people

   mnogi Bosanci — many Bosnians, a lot of Bosnians

   mnogi od nas — many of us

2. (in the singular) many a

   mnogi čov(j)ek — many a man

   mnogi će Amerikanac — many an American will

3. much, long, longlasting (of action)

   posl(ij)e mnogog čitanja — after much reading

4. large, numerous

   mnoga vojska — a large army