potrzeba

See also: potrzebą

Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *poterba. Cognate with Ukrainian потреба (potreba), Belarusian патрэ́ба (patréba), Czech potřeba.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɔˈtʂɛ.ba/
  • (file)
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛba
  • Syllabification: po‧trze‧ba

Noun

potrzeba f

  1. need (something needed)
  2. requirement, necessity, want

Declension

Verb

potrzeba (defective verb)

  1. (intransitive) Used to express necessity; it is needed, there is a need for
    Synonym: trzeba

Conjugation

Further reading

  • potrzeba in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • potrzeba in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Wanda Decyk-Zięba, editor (2018-2022), potrzeba, (po)trzeba”, in Dydaktyczny Słownik Etymologiczno-historyczny Języka Polskiego [A Didactic, Historical, Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.