policja

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See also: policją

Polish

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Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Late Latin polītīa, later reinforced by French police.[1] First attested in 1525.[2] Compare Silesian policyjŏ.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /pɔˈli.t͡sja/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -it͡sja
  • Syllabification: po‧li‧cja

Noun

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policja f (related adjective policyjny)

  1. (law enforcement) police (public agency charged with enforcing laws and maintaining public order, usually being granted special privileges to do so)
    Synonym: (historical) milicja
    1. (metonymically) police (building of such an agency)
      Synonym: (historical) milicja
    2. (metonymically) police (people who work in such an organization)
      Synonym: (historical) milicja
    3. (metonymically, rare) police (activities of such an agency)
      Synonym: (historical) milicja
  2. (obsolete, politics) politics (art of controling a nation)
    Synonym: polityka
  3. (obsolete) decency, politeness
  4. (obsolete) public order
  5. (Middle Polish) administration, management
  6. (Middle Polish) country, nation
    1. (Middle Polish) republic
      Synonym: republika
  7. (Middle Polish) lifestyle

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Belarusian: палі́цыя (palícyja)
  • Kashubian: pòlicjô
  • Russian: поли́ция (polícija)
  • Ukrainian: полі́ція (polícija)

References

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  1. ^ Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “policja”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
  2. ^ Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “policyja”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]

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