jakiś

See also: jakis

Polish

Alternative forms

Etymology

    From jaki + .[1] First attested in 1534.[2] Compare Kashubian jaczis, Silesian jakiś, and Slovincian jakjysz.

    Pronunciation

     
    • IPA(key): /ˈja.kiɕ/
    • Audio:(file)
    • Rhymes: -akiɕ
    • Syllabification: ja‧kiś

    Pronoun

    jakiś

    1. some; unspecified member of the category described by the following word
      Synonyms: jaki, jeden, pewien
      W ogrodzie widziałem jakieś zwierzę.
      I saw some animal in the garden. (and I'm not sure what it was)
      Jeśli będziesz w sklepie, to kup jakąś herbatę.
      If you visit a store, buy some tea. (any tea will do)

    Particle

    jakiś

    1. (colloquial) used to express doubt on the usage of a term on the speaker's part; kinda, sorta
      Ona jest jakaś niemiła.She's kinda mean.
    2. (colloquial) used to express doubt on the amount on the speaker's part; about
      Synonyms: jaki, gdzieś
      Ma jakiś litr.It has about a liter.

    Declension

    In the accusative, the form jakiegoś is used for masculine personal and masculine animate nouns, while jakiś is used for masculine inanimate nouns.

    Derived terms

    pronoun
    • (obsolete) jakiści
    • (nonstandard) jakiściś

    Trivia

    According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), jakiś is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 65 times in scientific texts, 4 times in news, 71 times in essays, 175 times in fiction, and 185 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 500 times, making it the 89th most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.[3]

    References

    1. ^ Sławski, Franciszek (1958-1965), “jakiś”, in Jan Safarewicz, Andrzej Siudut, editors, Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological dictionary of the Polish language] (in Polish), Kraków: Towarzystwo Miłośników Języka Polskiego
    2. ^ Maria Renata Mayenowa; Stanisław Rospond; Witold Taszycki; Stefan Hrabec; Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023), “jakiś”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
    3. ^ Ida Kurcz (1990), “jakiś”, in Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej [Frequency dictionary of the Polish language]‎[1] (in Polish), volume 1, Kraków; Warszawa: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Języka Polskiego, page 160

    Further reading

    Silesian

    Alternative forms

    Etymology

      From jaki + . Compare Polish jakiś and Kashubian jaczis.

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /ˈja.kiɕ/
      • Audio:(file)
      • Rhymes: -akiɕ
      • Syllabification: ja‧kiś

      Pronoun

      jakiś

      1. some; unspecified member of the category described by the following word
        Synonyms: jedyn, (Cieszyn) kerysi, (Cieszyn) kerysik

      Further reading