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Polish
Etymology
Perhaps inherited from Old Polish cieść, from Proto-Slavic *tьstь. Doublet of teść (“father-in-law”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈt͡ɕɛt͡ɕ/
- Rhymes: -ɛt͡ɕ
- Syllabification: cieć
Noun
cieć m pers
- (colloquial, usually derogatory) warden, caretaker; person hired to watch over an area or a building
- Synonyms: dozorca, strażnik, ochroniarz
Declension
Further reading
- cieć in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- cieć in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Serbo-Croatian
Preposition
cieć (Cyrillic spelling циећ)
- Obsolete spelling of cijeć.