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delegacja

//dɛ.lɛˈɡa.t͡sja//
Polishnoun

Definitions

  1. 1.
    delegation (group of delegates used to discuss issues)
  2. 2.
    business trip
  3. 3.
    business trip confirmation (certificate confirming the employee's trip for business purposes)
  4. 4.
    deputation (transfer of all or part of powers to an authority) [with dla (+ genitive) ‘for whom’],
  5. 5.
    delegation (method-dispatching technique describing the lookup and inheritance rules for self-referential calls)
  6. 6.
    colloquialbusiness trip money (specified amount of money that an employee is entitled to in exchange for the costs of a business trip)

Synonyms & related words

Synonyms
Related words (5)

Etymology

Internationalism; possibly borrowed from German Delegation or French délégation, ultimately from Latin dēlēgātiō. By surface analysis, delegować + -cja. Sense 6 is a semantic loan from English delegation. First attested in 1743. Compare Kashubian delegacjô and Silesian delegacyjŏ.

Forms

  • delegacyjkadiminutive
  • delegacyjnyadjective
  • delegacyjaalternative • middle • polish
  • delegacyaalternative
Nominative
Singular
delegacja
Plural
delegacje
Genitive
Singular
delegacji
Plural
delegacji, delegacyj (archaic)
Dative
Singular
delegacji
Plural
delegacjom
Accusative
Singular
delegację
Plural
delegacje
Instrumental
Singular
delegacją
Plural
delegacjami
Locative
Singular
delegacji
Plural
delegacjach
Vocative
Singular
delegacjo
Plural
delegacje

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