miecz
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See also: mięcz
Kashubian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mèčь.
Pronunciation
Noun
miecz m inan
- sword (weapon)
- 1938, Aleksander Majkòwsczi, Żëcé i przigòdë Remùsa, page 37:
- Tak, jô vëdobeł jego długji mjecz z pochvë.
- Yes, I took his long sword from his sheath.
Further reading
- Jan Trepczyk (1994) “miecz”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes 1–2
- Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “miecz”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi
- “miecz”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022
Old Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Czech mieč. Doublet of mięcz, an inherited form.
Pronunciation
Noun
miecz m animacy unattested
- (sports) ball (solid or hollow spherical or egg-shaped object that is kicked, thrown, or hit in a game)
- 1901 [1471], Materiały i Prace Komisji Językowej Akademii Umiejętności w Krakowie, volume V, page 91:
- Myeczem pila (war. lub.: pilam; dominus... quasi pilam mittet te in terram latam et spatiosam Is 22, 18)
- [Mieczem pila (war. lub.: pilam; dominus... quasi pilam mittet te in terram latam et spatiosam Is 22, 18)]
References
- B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “2. miecz”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN
Polish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Polish miecz, from Proto-Slavic *mečь.
Pronunciation
- (Greater Poland):
- (Masovia):
- (Near Masovian) IPA(key): /ˈmjɛt͡ʂ/
Noun
miecz m inan (diminutive mieczyk)
- sword (weapon)
- (nautical) centreboard
- (in the plural, Kuyavia) crosspieces of a wagon
- Synonym: szczeble
- (Near Masovian, agriculture) wide distance between rungs of a ladder
- (Near Masovian, of a windmill) oak plank the width of a hand, fixed perpendicularly in the blades of a mill
Declension
Declension of miecz
Derived terms
adjective
verb
- mieczować impf
References
Further reading
- miecz in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- miecz in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- Oskar Kolberg (1867) “miecz”, in Dzieła wszystkie: Kujawy (in Polish), page 273
- Władysław Matlakowski (1891) “miecz”, in “Zbiór wyrazów ludowych dawnej ziemi czerskiej”, in Sprawozdania Komisyi Językowej Akademii Umiejętności, volume 4, Krakow: Drukarnia Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, page 365