postać.
figure, form (shape of some being)
Meaning & usage
figure, form (shape of some being)
character (person of a given personality)
character (agent within a story)
character, form (observable form of something)
head harvester (person in charge of harvesting)
harvest area
aspect (grammatical quality of a verb which determines the relationship of the speaker to the internal temporal flow of the event which the verb describes)
rhetorical device
position, state
chunk of mineral limited in some plane
part (fragment of a whole)
layer
appearance, pretending
The meaning of this term is uncertain.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó Proto-Indo-European *h₂pó Proto-Balto-Slavic *pa Proto-Slavic *po Proto-Slavic *po- Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-der. Proto-Balto-Slavic *stā́ˀtei Proto-Slavic *stati Proto-Slavic *postati Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Slavic *-tь Proto-Slavic *postatь Old Polish postać Polish postać Inherited from Old Polish postać (noun).
to stand for a while
Postałem trochę w tej kolejce, ale zrezygnowałem zanim doszedłem do kasy.
to linger, to remain for a while (to not be destroyed for some time)
Ta rudera postoi jeszcze z dziesięć lat.
to not wither for some time
Wstaw kwiaty do świeżej wody, a postoją jeszcze kilka dni.
to be unused for some time
to sit for some time (to be left alone for some time until another desired state is reached)
to stand up (to arise onto one's feet)
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó Proto-Indo-European *h₂pó Proto-Balto-Slavic *pa Proto-Slavic *po Proto-Slavic *po- Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-der. Proto-Balto-Slavic *stā́ˀtei Proto-Slavic *stati Proto-Slavic *postati Old Polish postać Polish postać Inherited from Old Polish postać (verb). By surface analysis, po- + stać.
used to emphasize that a person has never been or will never be in a particular place
Jego noga więcej tu nie postanie.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó Proto-Indo-European *h₂pó Proto-Balto-Slavic *pa Proto-Slavic *po Proto-Slavic *po- Old Polish po- Polish po- Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-der. Proto-Balto-Slavic *stā́ˀtei Proto-Slavic *stati Old Polish stać Polish stać Polish postać From po- + stać (“to happen”).
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