pospolite ruszenie

Polish

pospolite ruszenie

Etymology

Literally, “common levy”. Calque of French levée en masse.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɔ.spɔˈli.tɛ ruˈʂɛ.ɲɛ/
• Syllabification: po‧spo‧li‧te ru‧sze‧nie

Noun

pospolite ruszenie n

1. (historical, idiomatic, military) fyrd, levy en masse (compulsory recruitment into the army of all male citizens or only of a certain specific group of men obliged to do so in the event of a threat to the country)
2. (collective, historical, idiomatic, military) fyrd, levy en masse (army made up of citizens recruited compulsorily into the army in a national emergency)
3. (collective, colloquial, humorous, idiomatic) group of people who are united by a common goal and want to pursue it together without having any professional training in the activities they undertake

Declension

Declension of pospolite ruszenie

	singular
nominative	pospolite ruszenie
genitive	pospolitego ruszenia
dative	pospolitemu ruszeniu
accusative	pospolite ruszenie
instrumental	pospolitym ruszeniem
locative	pospolitym ruszeniu
vocative	pospolite ruszenie

Further reading

• pospolite ruszenie in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• pospolite ruszenie in Polish dictionaries at PWN