podle

See also: podłe

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpodlɛ]

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Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *po dьlě.

Preposition

podle [with genitive]

1. according to

   Evropané podle průzkumů chtějí prezidenta. ― According to surveys, Europeans want a president.

2. based on

   Podle kontextu já myslím, že mělo být "někdy". ― Based on the context, I think it should have been "sometimes".

3. after (in allusion to, in imitation of; following or referencing)

Related terms

• podle mého mínění
• podle mého názoru

Etymology 2

From podlý + -e.

Adverb

podle

1. villainously, wickedly, foully, dishonestly

Further reading

• “podle”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “podle”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “podle”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026

Polish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔ.dlɛ/

• (Greater Poland):
  • (Kuyavia) IPA^(key): [ˈpɔ.dlɛ]
  • (Central Greater Poland) IPA^(key): [ˈpɔ.dlɛ]
• (Masovia):
  • (Łowicz) IPA^(key): [ˈpɔ.dlɛ]

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• Rhymes: -ɔdlɛ
• Syllabification: po‧dle

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Slavic *podьlъ

Polish podły

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Balto-Slavic *-is

Proto-Slavic *-ь

Proto-Indo-European *-yós

Proto-Balto-Slavic *-jas

Proto-Slavic *-jь

Proto-Slavic *-ьje

Old Polish -e

Polish -e

Polish podle

From podły + -e.

Adverb

podle (comparative podlej, superlative najpodlej)

1. despicably, foully, odiously, wickedly, vilely
2. disgracefully, dishonorably
3. awfully (of very bad quality)

Related terms

nouns

• podlec
• podłość

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *po dьlě.

Preposition

podle

1. (archaic) according to [with genitive ‘whom’]

   Synonyms: wedle, według, podług

2. (archaic or dialectal, Central Greater Poland, Kuyavia, Łowicz) next to, near, beside [with genitive ‘what’]

   Synonyms: koło, obok

Alternative forms

• pole (Kuyavia, Brześć Kujawski, Wieniec, Kowal, Bogusławice, Kościelna Wieś, Central Greater Poland, Oborniki, Szamotuły, Czeszewo, Środa Wielkopolska, Dębicz, Eastern Greater Poland, Szołajdy, Near Masovian, Płochocin, Łowicz, Łęczyca, Mazew, Zgierz)
• pele (Łowicz, Domaniewice, Maków, Łęczyca)

Further reading

• “podle”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “podle”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)
• Oskar Kolberg (1877), “podle”, in “Rzecz o mowie ludu wielkopolskiego”, in Zbiór wiadomości do antropologii krajowéj (in Polish), volume 1, III (Materyjały etnologiczne), page 22
• Marzena Kozanecka-Zwierz, Magdalena Bartosiewicz, Renata Marciniak-Firadza, editors (2014), “podle”, in Gwara – Księżaków "język ojczysty" Dziedzictwo regionu łowickiego (in Polish), Łowicz: Muzeum w Łowiczu, →ISBN, page 49
• Halina Świderska (1929), “podle”, in Dialekt Księstwa Łowickiego (in Polish), Warsaw, →ISBN, page 124