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rozmówka

//rɔzˈmuf.ka//
Polishnoun

Grammatical form

rozmówka is the diminutive form of rozmowa — “conversation (expression and exchange of individual ideas through talking with other people) [with o (+ locative) ‘about whom/what’],.

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Definitions of rozmowa noun · /rɔzˈmɔ.va/ | /rɔzˈmɔ.va/

Full entry for rozmowa
  1. 1.conversation (expression and exchange of individual ideas through talking with other people) [with o (+ locative) ‘about whom/what’],
  2. 2.talks (official meeting or meetings meant to deal with a particular issue)
  3. 3.prayer
  4. 4.speech
  5. 5.line of dialogue
  6. 6.pronunciation, manner of speaking
  7. 7.content; topic
  8. 8.story, literary work
  9. 9.phrase book(obsolete)

Etymology of rozmowa

Etymology tree Proto-Slavic *orz- Old Polish roz- Proto-Indo-European *mlewH-der. Proto-Slavic *mъ̀lva Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Slavic *-iti Proto-Slavic *mъlviti Old Polish mówić Old Polish rozmówić Old Polish rozmowa Polish rozmowa Inherited from Old Polish rozmowa. By surface analysis, deverbal from rozmówić. Compare Kashubian rozmòwa, Belarusian размо́ва (razmóva), Ukrainian розмо́ва (rozmóva), and Russian размо́лвка (razmólvka).

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Slavic *orz- Old Polish roz- Proto-Indo-European *mlewH-der. Proto-Slavic *mъ̀lva Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Slavic *-iti Proto-Slavic *mъlviti Old Polish mówić Old Polish rozmówić Old Polish rozmowa Polish rozmowa Proto-Indo-European *-keh₂der. Proto-Balto-Slavic *-kāˀ Proto-Slavic *-ъka Old Polish -ka Polish -ka Polish rozmówka From rozmowa + -ka. First attested in 1556–1557.

Forms

  • rozmóweczkadiminutive

Paradigm of rozmowa, with rozmówka highlighted:

Nominative
Singular
rozmowa
Plural
rozmowy
Genitive
Singular
rozmowy
Plural
rozmów
Dative
Singular
rozmowie
Plural
rozmowom
Accusative
Singular
rozmowę
Plural
rozmowy
Instrumental
Singular
rozmową
Plural
rozmowami
Locative
Singular
rozmowie
Plural
rozmowach
Vocative
Singular
rozmowo
Plural
rozmowy

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