ustawa

See also: ùstawa, ustawą, ustawã, ùstawã, and ùstawą

Old Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ustava. By surface analysis, deverbal from ustawić. First attested in the 15th century.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /ustava/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /ustava/

Noun

ustawa f

  1. (law, attested in Lesser Poland) ordinance, legal provision, legal principle, statute

Derived terms

verbs
  • ustawować impf
adjectives
adverbs
nouns
  • ustawca
  • ustawianie
  • ustawiciel
  • ustawictwo
  • ustawiczeństwo
  • ustawiczność
  • ustawienie
  • ustawieństwo
  • ustawnoć
  • ustawność
verbs

Descendants

  • Polish: ustawa
  • Silesian: ustawa

References

  • Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “ustawa”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN
  • Mańczak, Witold (2017) “ustawa”, in Polski słownik etymologiczny (in Polish), Kraków: Polska Akademia Umiejętności, →ISBN
  • B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “ustawa”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish ustawa. By surface analysis, deverbal from ustawić.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): /uˈsta.va/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ava
  • Syllabification: u‧sta‧wa

Noun

ustawa f (related adjective ustawowy, abbreviation ust.)

  1. (law) act; statute; bill; law (generally applicable legal act, adopted by the highest state authorities, relating to a specific field) [with o (+ locative) ‘about/on what’]
  2. (obsolete, sometimes collective) rule (norm of behavior in some group)
  3. (obsolete) institution (act of instituting, enacting, or appoint)
    Synonym: ustanowienie
  4. (obsolete, law) sanction (penalty, punishment, or some coercive measure, intended to ensure compliance)
    Synonym: sankcja
  5. (obsolete) agreement; arrangement
    Synonyms: ugoda, układ
  6. (obsolete) placement (act of placing)
    Synonym: ustawienie
  7. (obsolete, philosophy) composition, makeup (that which makes up something; the way it is organized)

Declension

adverbs

Further reading

Silesian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish ustawa. By surface analysis, deverbal from ustawić.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /uˈsta.va/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ava
  • Syllabification: u‧sta‧wa

Noun

ustawa f

  1. (rare, law) act; statute; bill (generally applicable legal act, adopted by the highest state authorities, relating to a specific field)
    Synonyms: gezec, ordōnek, zakōn

Further reading

  • Henryk Jaroszewicz (2022) “ustawa”, in Zasady pisowni języka śląskiego (in Polish), Siedlce: Wydawnictwo Naukowe IKR[i]BL, page 147