zaledwie

Kashubian

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish zaledwie. By surface analysis, univerbation of za +‎ ledwie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zaˈlɛ.dvjɛ/
• Rhymes: -ɛdvjɛ
• Syllabification: za‧le‧dwie

Conjunction

zaledwie

1. no sooner, as soon as, scarcely, hardly

Particle

zaledwie

1. only, just

Further reading

• Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “zaledwie”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎^[1]
• “zaledwie”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

Polish

Etymology

Univerbation of za +‎ ledwie. First attested in the 16th century.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /zaˈlɛ.dvjɛ/

• (Middle Polish) IPA^(key): /zaˈlɛ.dvjɛ/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɛdvjɛ
• Syllabification: za‧le‧dwie

Conjunction

zaledwie

1. no sooner, as soon as, scarcely, hardly

   Synonyms: dopiero, ledwo, ledwie, jak tylko

2. (obsolete) almost, nearly, practically [with negative clause ‘translated in the positive’]

   Synonym: omal

Particle

zaledwie

1. only, just

   Synonyms: ledwo, ledwie, tylko

Descendants

• → Kashubian: zaledwie
• → Silesian: zaledwie

Trivia

According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), particle is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 19 times in scientific texts, 15 times in news, 20 times in essays, 7 times in fiction, and 6 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 67 times, making it the 980th most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.

Adverb

zaledwie (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) difficultly, hardly

   Synonym: ciężko

Further reading

• zaledwie in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• zaledwie in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “zaledwie”, in Słownik języka polskiego
• Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “zaledwie”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
• J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1927), “zaledwie”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 8, Warsaw, page 149

Silesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish zaledwie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zaˈlɛ.dvjɛ/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛdvjɛ
• Syllabification: za‧le‧dwie

Particle

zaledwie

1. only, just

Further reading

• zaledwie in silling.org