cecha

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See also: cechą, Čecha, and cèchá

Old Polish

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Middle High German zeichen. First attested in 1441.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /t͡sɛ(ː)xa/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /t͡sɛxa/, /t͡sexa/

Noun

cecha f

  1. token; stamp (sign or marked object serving as evidence of a specific right or fulfillment of an obligation)
    • 1874-1891 , Rozprawy i Sprawozdania z Posiedzeń Wydziału Filologicznego Akademii Umiejętności, , , volume XXV, page 268:
      Czechy signa
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Descendants
  • Polish: cecha (quality)
  • Silesian: cycha

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Middle High German zeche. First attested in 1479.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /t͡sɛxa/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /t͡sɛxa/

Noun

cecha f (diminutive cyszka)

  1. bedding cover; sheet
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Etymology 3

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /t͡sɛxa/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /t͡sɛxa/

Noun

cecha f

  1. alternative form of cech

References

Polish

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Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Polish cecha (token, stamp). Doublet of cych and token.

Pronunciation

 
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  • Rhymes: -ɛxa
  • Syllabification: ce‧cha
  • Homophone: Cecha

Noun

cecha f

  1. feature, quality, trait
    Synonym: właściwość
  2. certification mark (sign left i.e. by a company on an object)
  3. (philosophy) quality (inseperable part of something)
  4. (cartography) mark (marking the location of a point above sea level on a map)
  5. marker; stamp (hammer with a stamp on the head used for marking trees; any tool used for marking something)
    Synonym: cechówka
  6. (mathematics) floor, entier
    Synonym: podłoga
  7. (obsolete) character (traits assigned to a personality)
    Synonym: charakter
  8. (obsolete) sign, mark
    Synonyms: piętno, znak
  9. (obsolete) guild notice (sign that was used to send notice of the date of collection of the guild)
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Trivia

According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), cecha is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 54 times in scientific texts, 2 times in news, 24 times in essays, 9 times in fiction, and 5 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 94 times, making it the 670th most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old Polish cecha (cover).

Pronunciation

 
  • Audio 1:(file)
  • Audio 2:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛxa
  • Syllabification: ce‧cha

Noun

cecha f

  1. (Middle Polish) duvet cover; pillowcase
  2. (obsolete) large webbed bag
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References

  1. ^ Ida Kurcz (1990) “cecha”, in Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (in Polish), volume 1, Kraków, Warszawa: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Języka Polskiego, page 42

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