lepiej

See also: lepiéj

Old Polish

Adverb

lepiej

  1. comparative degree of dobrze

Polish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lěpьjь.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): /ˈlɛ.pjɛj/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛpjɛj
  • Syllabification: le‧piej

Adverb

lepiej

  1. comparative degree of dobrze

Particle

lepiej

  1. had better, better (should; ought to; need to; must)
    Lepiej się już zbieraj, bo spóźnisz się na pociąg. ― You'd better get going or you'll miss your train.
    Już lepiej się pouczmy do tej klasówki, bo znowu oblejemy. ― We'd better study for this test or we'll fail again.

Trivia

According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), lepiej is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 17 times in scientific texts, 16 times in news, 26 times in essays, 43 times in fiction, and 90 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 192 times, making it the 291st most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.[1]

References

  1. ^ Ida Kurcz (1990) “lepiej”, in Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej [Frequency dictionary of the Polish language] (in Polish), volume 1, Kraków, Warszawa: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Języka Polskiego, page 216

Further reading

  • lepiej in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • lepiej in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Silesian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlɛ.pjɛj/
  • Rhymes: -ɛpjɛj
  • Syllabification: le‧piej

Adverb

lepiej

  1. comparative degree of dobrze
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