szereg

Polish

Etymology

    Borrowed from Hungarian sereg.[1][2][3][4] First attested in 1644.[5]

    Pronunciation

     
    • IPA(key): /ˈʂɛ.rɛk/
    • Audio:(file)
    • Rhymes: -ɛrɛk
    • Syllabification: sze‧reg

    Noun

    szereg m inan

    1. row, series (line of objects)
      Synonym: rząd
    2. array (ordered arrangement of some elements)
      Synonym: układ
    3. (mathematics) series (expression that is the sum of a finite or infinite number of terms)
    4. (obsolete, prosody) system of syllables that determines the meter (Is there an English equivalent to this definition?)
    5. (in the plural, military) ranks (rows of soldiers in a particular order)
      Synonym: szyki
    6. (in the plural) ranks (category of people, such as those who share an occupation or belong to an organisation)

    Numeral

    szereg

    1. array, a number of [with genitive ‘of what’] (certain large amount of something)
      Szereg ludzi umrze w tej bitwie, to na pewno.A number of people will die in this battle, that's for sure.

    Declension

    Derived terms

    adjectives
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    Descendants

    • Russian: шере́нга (šerénga)
      • Eastern Mari: шеренге (šerenge)
      • Ukrainian: шере́нга (šerénha)

    Trivia

    According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), szereg is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 46 times in scientific texts, 48 times in news, 61 times in essays, 11 times in fiction, and 0 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 166 times, making it the 347th most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.[6]

    References

    1. ^ Boryś, Wiesław (2005), “szereg”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN
    2. ^ Mańczak, Witold (2017), “szereg”, in Polski słownik etymologiczny (in Polish), Kraków: Polska Akademia Umiejętności, →ISBN
    3. ^ Dubisz, Stanisław, editor (2003), “szereg”, in Uniwersalny słownik języka polskiego [Universal Dictionary of the Polish Language]‎[1] (in Polish), volumes 1–4, Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN, →ISBN, →OCLC
    4. ^ Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), “szereg”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN
    5. ^ Grzegorz Knapski (1644), “szereg”, in Thesavri Polonolatinograeci Gregorii Cnapii (in Polish), Cracoviae: Sumptu & Typis Francisci Caesarij
    6. ^ Ida Kurcz (1990), “szereg”, in Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej [Frequency dictionary of the Polish language]‎[2] (in Polish), volume 2, Kraków; Warszawa: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Języka Polskiego, page 577

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