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sprawa.

issue, affair, matter, business, thing (something which needs to be taken care of or resolved, or area of interest)

6 characters2 syllables approx.Polski language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈspra.va/
  1. issue, affair, matter, business, thing (something which needs to be taken care of or resolved, or area of interest)

    feminine
    Mam sprawę do ciebie.
    To, z kim wczoraj jadłaś obiad, nie jest moją sprawą.
  2. case (legal proceeding) [with przeciw or przeciwko (+ dative) ‘against whom’],

    feminine
    mieć sprawę
  3. cause (difficult, important, or lofty task)

    feminine · literary
  4. matter (approximate amount or extent)

    feminine
  5. order

    feminine · obsolete
  6. doing; action, deed

    feminine · obsolete
  7. behavior

    feminine · obsolete
  8. result, effect

    feminine · obsolete
  9. cultivation

    feminine · obsolete
  10. insides, organs, entrails

    feminine · obsolete
  11. ability to do something profession

    broadly · feminine · obsolete
  12. ability to do something functionality, ability to work

    broadly · feminine · obsolete
  13. ability to do something speech, ability to talk

    broadly · feminine · obsolete
  14. account, report

    feminine · obsolete
    zdawać/zdać sprawę
  15. account (registry of pecuniary transactions)

    feminine · obsolete
  16. chemical process

    feminine · obsolete
    sprawy żywotne
  17. act (division of a theatrical performance)

    feminine · obsolete
  18. sex

    feminine · obsolete
  19. battle, fight, war

    feminine · obsolete
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰsder. Proto-Balto-Slavic *iź Proto-Slavic *jьz Proto-Slavic *jьz- Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sm̥- Proto-Balto-Slavic *san? Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm? Proto-Slavic *sъ(n) Old Polish z- Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Balto-Slavic *prṓˀwas Proto-Slavic *pravъ Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Balto-Slavic *-éitei Proto-Slavic *-iti Proto-Slavic *pràviti Old Polish prawić Old Polish sprawićdeverb. Old Polish sprawa Polish sprawa Inherited from Old Polish sprawa. By surface analysis, deverbal from sprawić. Cognates East Slavic cognates include Belarusian спра́ва (správa), Russian спра́ва (správa), and Ukrainian спра́ва (správa). South Slavic cognates include Serbo-Croatian sprȁva/спра̏ва and Macedonian справа (sprava). Western Slavic cognates include Kashubian sprawa, Silesian sprawa, Czech správa, and Slovak správa.

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