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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
- (attested in Lesser Poland) thought (act of thinking)
- Synonym: myślenie
- (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)]
Derived terms
Descendants
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
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɘɕl
- Syllabification: myśl
Etymology 1
Inherited from Old Polish myśl.
Noun
myśl f (related adjective myślowy)
- thought (representation created in the mind)
- thought (view regarding something)
- Near-synonym: ideologia
- idea, thought (conception in the mind of something to be done; a plan for doing something, an intention)
- Near-synonyms: chęć, pomysł, zamiar
- thought (process of thinking)
- Synonym: myślenie
- (obsolete, except in set phrases) mind; disposition, mood
- (Middle Polish) boldness, courage, spirit, vigor
- (Middle Polish) faith, trust
- Synonyms: ufność, wiara
- (Middle Polish) joy
- Synonym: radość
- (Middle Polish) imagination, fantasy
- (Middle Polish, theology) one of the elements of a philosophical or theological definition of God or man; mind
- (Middle Polish, bibilical) life
- Synonym: życie
- (Middle Polish) contemplation; recollection; care; diligence; dream
- (Middle Polish) mind (ability to think)
Declension
Derived terms
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
- second-person singular imperative of myśleć
References
- ^ 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
- IPA(key): /ˈmɪɕl/
- Rhymes: -ɪɕl
- Syllabification: myśl
Noun
myśl f
- thought (idea; result of thinking)
Declension
Derived terms
Further reading
- mysl in dykcjonorz.eu
- myśl in silling.org