podle

See also: podłe

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈpodlɛ]
  • Audio:(file)

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *po dьlě.

Preposition

podle [with genitive]

  1. according to
    Evropané podle průzkumů chtějí prezidenta.According to surveys, Europeans want a president.
  2. based on
    Podle kontextu já myslím, že mělo být "někdy".Based on the context, I think it should have been "sometimes".
  3. after (in allusion to, in imitation of; following or referencing)

Etymology 2

From podlý +‎ -e.

Adverb

podle

  1. villainously, wickedly, foully, dishonestly

Further reading

Polish

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): /ˈpɔ.dlɛ/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔdlɛ
  • Syllabification: po‧dle

Etymology 1

    From podły +‎ -e.

    Adverb

    podle (comparative podlej, superlative najpodlej)

    1. despicably, foully, odiously, wickedly, vilely
    2. disgracefully, dishonorably
    3. awfully (of very bad quality)

    Etymology 2

      Inherited from Proto-Slavic *po dьlě.

      Preposition

      podle

      1. (archaic) according to [with genitive ‘whom’]
        Synonyms: wedle, według, podług
      2. (archaic or dialectal, Central Greater Poland, Kuyavia, Łowicz) next to, near, beside [with genitive ‘what’]
        Synonyms: koło, obok
      Alternative forms

      Further reading

      • podle in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
      • podle in Polish dictionaries at PWN
      • Oskar Kolberg (1877), “podle”, in “Rzecz o mowie ludu wielkopolskiego”, in Zbiór wiadomości do antropologii krajowéj (in Polish), volume 1, III (Materyjały etnologiczne), page 22
      • Marzena Kozanecka-Zwierz, Magdalena Bartosiewicz, Renata Marciniak-Firadza, editors (2014), “podle”, in Gwara – Księżaków "język ojczysty" Dziedzictwo regionu łowickiego (in Polish), Łowicz: Muzeum w Łowiczu, →ISBN, page 49