armia

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See also: armią

Finnish

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Noun

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armia

  1. partitive singular of armi

Anagrams

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Ingrian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Russian армия (armija).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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armia

  1. army

Declension

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Declension of armia (type 3/kana, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative armia armiat
genitive armian armioin
partitive armiaa armioja
illative armiaa armioihe
inessive armiaas armiois
elative armiast armioist
allative armialle armioille
adessive armiaal armioil
ablative armialt armioilt
translative armiaks armioiks
essive armianna, armiaan armioinna, armioin
exessive1) armiant armioint
1) obsolete
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

Derived terms

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See also

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Polish

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Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Russian а́рмия (ármija).[1][2] First attested in 1609.[3] Compare Silesian armijŏ and Slovincian armeja.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈar.mja/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -armja
  • Syllabification: ar‧mia

Noun

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armia f (related adjective armijny)

  1. (military) army (large, highly organised military force concerned mainly with ground operations, or the entire branch thereof)
    Synonyms: oręż, wojsko, wojskowość, żołnierz
  2. (military) army (largest operational military unit; number of divisions or corps of a given type of troops under common command)
  3. (military) army (part of the armed forces in the area of war)
  4. (figuratively) army (large group of people)
    Synonyms: legion, tłum

Declension

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Derived terms

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nouns

Descendants

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  • Kashubian: armiô

Trivia

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According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), armia is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 10 times in scientific texts, 38 times in news, 22 times in essays, 10 times in fiction, and 8 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 88 times, making it the 718th most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Stanisław Dubisz, editor (2003), “armia”, in Uniwersalny słownik języka polskiego [Universal dictionary of the Polish language]‎[1] (in Polish), volumes 1-4, Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN SA, →ISBN
  2. ^ Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “armia”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
  3. ^ Giovanni Botero (1609) Paweł Łęczycki (Lancicius), transl., RELATIAE POWSZECHNE ABO NOWINY POSPOLITE IANA BOTERA BENESIVSA Rozłożone ná pięć części [...][2] (in Polish), page 301
  4. ^ Ida Kurcz (1990) “armia”, in Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej [Frequency dictionary of the Polish language] (in Polish), volume 1, Kraków, Warszawa: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Języka Polskiego, page 11

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