nagroda

Possibly inherited from Proto-Slavic *nagorda or possibly a reduction of nadgroda (compare Kashubian nôdgroda／nadgroda and Silesian nadgroda).[1] By surface analysis, deverbal from nagrodzić,[2][3] where nagrodzić probably originally meant "to set up a fence" with a shift to "to set up a knocked down fence" to "to pay compensation".[4] First attested in 1558.[5]

• IPA^(key): /naˈɡrɔ.da/
• (Middle Polish) IPA^(key): /nɒˈɡrɔ.da/

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• Rhymes: -ɔda
• Syllabification: na‧gro‧da

nagroda f (related adjective nagrodowy)

1. prize, reward (honor given to someone for their achievements) [+ za (accusative) = for what]

   Nagroda Nobla ― Nobel prize

   W nagrodę za ściągnięcie jej kotka z drzewa poczęstowała strażaka ciastem. ― As a reward for taking her cat down the tree, she helped the fireman to a cake.

2. prize, reward; compensation (compensation for sacrifices, hardships or losses) [+ za (accusative) = for what]
3. (obsolete, originally) compensation (financial payment for services rendered)

• → Old Ruthenian: нагрода (nahroda)
  • → Russian: награ́да (nagráda)
    • → Bulgarian: награ́да (nagráda)
    • → Macedonian: награда (nagrada)
    • → Serbo-Croatian:

      Cyrillic script: на̑града

      Latin script: nȃgrada

    • → Slovene: nagrȃda (tonal orthography)

According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), nagroda is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 1 time in scientific texts, 34 times in news, 11 times in essays, 7 times in fiction, and 3 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 56 times, making it the 1155th most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.[6]

• nagroda in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• nagroda in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• “NAGRODA”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century], 26.11.2015
• Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “nagroda”, in Słownik języka polskiego‎
• Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “nagroda”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861‎
• J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1904), “nagroda”, in Słownik języka polskiego‎ (in Polish), volume 3, Warsaw, page 72

Possibly inherited from Proto-Slavic *nagorda or a deverbal from nagrodżicz.

• IPA^(key): [naˈɡrɔda]
• Syllabification: na‧gro‧da

nagroda f

1. prize, reward (honor given to someone for their achievements) [+ za (accusative) = for what]
2. compensation (financial payment for services rendered)

• Zofia Stamirowska (1987-2024) “nagroda”, in Anna Basara, editor, Słownik gwar Ostródzkiego, Warmii i Mazur‎, volume 4, Zakład Narodowy im. Ossolińskich Wydawnictwo Polskiej Akademii Nauk, →ISBN, page 235