opowieść

Polish

Etymology

From powieść under influence of opowiedzieć/opowiadać.[1] First attested in the 17th century.[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɔˈpɔ.vjɛɕt͡ɕ/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔvjɛɕt͡ɕ
  • Syllabification: o‧po‧wieść

Noun

opowieść f (diminutive opowiastka)

  1. story, tale (series of events told) [with o (+ locative) ‘about what/whom’]
  2. story, tale (written work) [with o (+ locative) ‘about what/whom’]

Declension

Derived terms

adjective
verbs

References

  1. ^ Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “opowieść”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
  2. ^ https://sxvii.pl/index.php?strona%3Dlista&zn_forma_sposob%3D0&zn_forma%3Dopowi&zn_indeks%3Don&uklad%3Daf

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