obywatel

Polish

Etymology

Influenced by Czech obyvatel ("inhabitant"), displacing Old Polish obywaciel, from Russian обыватель (obyvatelʹ) ("average man, citizen; obsolete: resident, inhabitant").

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɔ.bɨˈva.tɛl/
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Noun

obywatel m pers (feminine obywatelka)

citizen (legal member of a state)

Declension

declension of obywatel

	singular	plural
nominative	obywatel	obywatele
genitive	obywatela	obywateli
dative	obywatelowi	obywatelom
accusative	obywatela	obywateli
instrumental	obywatelem	obywatelami
locative	obywatelu	obywatelach
vocative	obywatelu	obywatele

Related terms

obywatelstwo

Further reading

obywatel in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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