robotnik

See also: robotník and robòtnik

Old Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *orbotьnikъ. By surface analysis, robota + -nik. First attested in 1402.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /rɔbɔtniːk/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /rɔbɔtnik/

Noun

robotnik m ? (female equivalent robotnica)

  1. worker
    • 1874-1891 [End of the 15th century], Rozprawy i Sprawozdania z Posiedzeń Wydziału Filologicznego Akademii Umiejętności, volume I, page XLVII:
      Sąly robothnyczy, nyechay czinyą (si laboratores sunt, faciant, quod volunt)
      [Są-li robotnicy, niechaj czynią (si laboratores sunt, faciant, quod volunt)]
  2. The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include:
    1. serf
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  3. servant, slave
    • 1930 [c. 1455], “II Par”, in Ludwik Bernacki, editor, Biblia królowej Zofii (Biblia szaroszpatacka), 28, 10:
      Sini Iudzini a ierusalemske chcecye sobye podbycz w robotnyki a w robotnyce (in servos et ancillas)
      [Syny Judziny a jerusalemskie chcecie sobie podbić w robotniki a w robotnice (in servos et ancillas)]

Derived terms

nouns
  • robotnik roczny
verbs

    Descendants

    • Polish: robotnik
    • Silesian: robotnik

    References

    Polish

    FWOTD – 5 September 2014

    Etymology

    Inherited from Old Polish robotnik. By surface analysis, robota + -nik.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /rɔˈbɔt.ɲik/
    • (Middle Polish) IPA(key): /rɔˈbɔt.ɲik/
    • (file)
    • Rhymes: -ɔtɲik
    • Syllabification: ro‧bot‧nik

    Noun

    robotnik m pers (female equivalent robotnica, related adjective robotniczy)

    1. worker, workman (someone doing physical work)
      • 2011, “Matthew 20:1”, in Nowe Przymierze, Ewangeliczny Instytut Biblijny:
        Przypowieść o robotnikach w winnicy
        Parable of the workers in the vineyard
      1. (Middle Polish) unarmed soldier of a chosen infantry who performs for auxiliary work
      2. (Middle Polish) slave
        Synonym: niewolnik

    Declension

    adjectives
    adverbs
    nouns
    verbs

    Trivia

    According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), robotnik is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 23 times in scientific texts, 28 times in news, 39 times in essays, 11 times in fiction, and 0 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 101 times, making it the 625th most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.[1]

    References

    1. Ida Kurcz (1990) “robotnik”, in Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej [Frequency dictionary of the Polish language] (in Polish), volume 2, Kraków, Warszawa: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Języka Polskiego, page 494

    Further reading

    Silesian

    Etymology

    Inherited from Old Polish robotnik. By surface analysis, robota + -nik.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /rɔˈbɔtɲik/
    • Rhymes: -ɔtɲik
    • Syllabification: ro‧bot‧nik

    Noun

    robotnik m pers (female equivalent robotniczka)

    1. employee
    2. worker

    Declension

    verbs

    Further reading

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