myśl

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Old Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *myslь. First attested in the 14th century.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

myśl f

  1. (attested in Lesser Poland) thought (act of thinking)
    Synonym: myślenie
  2. (attested in Lesser Poland) thought (idea; result of thinking)
    Synonym: myślenie
    • 1939 [end of the 14th century], Ryszard Ganszyniec, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Kubica, Ludwik Bernacki, editors, Psałterz florjański łacińsko-polsko-niemiecki [Sankt Florian Psalter]‎, Krakow: Zakład Narodowy imienia Ossolińskich, z zasiłkiem Sejmu Śląskiego [The Ossoliński National Institute: with the benefit of the Silesian Parliament], pages 5, 12:
      Spadncze od misly swich (decidant, sc. inimici, a cogitationibus suis)
      [Spadńcie od myśli swych (decidant, sc. inimici, a cogitationibus suis)]

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Descendants

  • Polish: myśl
  • Silesian: myśl

References

  • Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “myśl”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN
  • Mańczak, Witold (2017) “myśl”, in Polski słownik etymologiczny (in Polish), Kraków: Polska Akademia Umiejętności, →ISBN
  • Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “myśl”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
  • 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), “myśl”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

Polish

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Pronunciation

 
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  • Rhymes: -ɘɕl
  • Syllabification: myśl

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Polish myśl.

Noun

myśl f (related adjective myślowy)

  1. thought (representation created in the mind)
  2. thought (view regarding something)
    Near-synonym: ideologia
  3. idea, thought (conception in the mind of something to be done; a plan for doing something, an intention)
    Near-synonyms: chęć, pomysł, zamiar
  4. thought (process of thinking)
    Synonym: myślenie
  5. (obsolete, except in set phrases) mind; disposition, mood
  6. (Middle Polish) boldness, courage, spirit, vigor
  7. (Middle Polish) faith, trust
    Synonyms: ufność, wiara
  8. (Middle Polish) joy
    Synonym: radość
  9. (Middle Polish) imagination, fantasy
  10. (Middle Polish, theology) one of the elements of a philosophical or theological definition of God or man; mind
  11. (Middle Polish, bibilical) life
    Synonym: życie
  12. (Middle Polish) contemplation; recollection; care; diligence; dream
  13. (Middle Polish) mind (ability to think)
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Trivia

According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), myśl is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 30 times in scientific texts, 9 times in news, 33 times in essays, 62 times in fiction, and 35 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 169 times, making it the 341st most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.[1]

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

myśl

  1. second-person singular imperative of myśleć

References

  1. ^ Ida Kurcz (1990) “myśl”, in Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej [Frequency dictionary of the Polish language] (in Polish), volume 1, Kraków, Warszawa: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Języka Polskiego, page 260

Further reading

  • myśl in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • myśl in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “myśl”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
  • MYŚL”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century], 19.04.2013
  • Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “myśl”, in Słownik języka polskiego
  • Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “myśl”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
  • J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1902), “myśl”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 2, Warsaw, page 1086
  • myśl in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego
  • Wanda Decyk-Zięba, editor (2018-2022), “myśl”, in Dydaktyczny Słownik Etymologiczno-historyczny Języka Polskiego [A Didactic, Historical, Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), →ISBN

Silesian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish myśl.

Pronunciation

Noun

myśl f

  1. thought (idea; result of thinking)

Declension

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Further reading