pamięć

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Old Polish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

pamięć f (diminutive pamiątka)

  1. (attested in Lesser Poland) memory (record of a thing or an event stored in the brain)
    • Beginning of the 15th century, Łukasz z Wielkiego Koźmina, Kazania gnieźnieńskie, Krakow, page 173b:
      A chocz gest ogon? Gedno pamøcz smercy!
      [A coć jest ogon? Jedno pamięć śmierci!]
    • 1442, Wokabularz Raczyńskich, Biblioteki Raczyńskich w Poznaniu, sygn. 1360/I, page 143v:
      Memoria vlg. pamyącz
      [Memoria vlg. pamięć]
    • End of the 15th century, Wokabularz petersburski I, Cesarskiej Biblioteki Publicznej w Petersburgu, sygn. Lat.Q.ch.XVI.33, page 7:
      Memoria pam[ię]cz
      [Memoria pam[ię]ć]
  2. (in the plural) history; chronicles
    • 1901 [1471], Materiały i Prace Komisji Językowej Akademii Umiejętności w Krakowie, volume V, page 52:
      Commentariis w pamyanczach (et inventum est in Ecbatanis... volumen unum talisque scriptus erat in eo commentarius I Esdr 6, 2)
      [Commentariis w pamięciach (et inventum est in Ecbatanis... volumen unum talisque scriptus erat in eo commentarius I Esdr 6, 2)]

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Descendants

  • Masurian: paniéncz
  • Polish: pamięć
  • Silesian: pamiyńć

References

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Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish pamięć. Sense 3 is a semantic loan from English memory.

Pronunciation

Noun

pamięć f (related adjective pamięciowy)

  1. (uncountable) memory (ability of the brain to record information or impressions with the facility of recalling them later at will)
    z pamięcifrom memory
  2. (uncountable) memory (record of a thing or an event stored in the brain) or
    Synonym: wspomnienie
  3. (countable, computing) memory (part of a computer that stores variable executable code or data (RAM) or unalterable executable code or default data (ROM))
  4. (archaic) consciousness
    Synonyms: przytomność, świadomość
  5. (obsolete) thought; attention; care
  6. (obsolete) mark, trace (that which is left behind so as to be remembered)
  7. (obsolete) remembering; memorizing
  8. (Middle Polish) written record of what one needs to remember
  9. (Middle Polish) A type of ring worn around one's finger.
  10. (Middle Polish) memory; Further details are uncertain.
    • 1564, J. Mączyński, Lexicon, page 215b:
      Memoriale, pro Monumento, Znák pámiątki cziyey/ też pámięć.
      [Memoriale, pro Monumento, Znak pamiątki czyjej/ też pamięć.]

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Further reading

  • pamięć in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • pamięć in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “pamięć”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
  • Paweł Kupiszewski (26.11.2019) “PAMIĘĆ”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]
  • Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “pamięć”, in Słownik języka polskiego
  • Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “pamięć”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
  • A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1908), “pamięć”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 4, Warsaw, page 27
  • Wanda Decyk-Zięba, editor (2018-2022), “pamięć”, in Dydaktyczny Słownik Etymologiczno-historyczny Języka Polskiego [A Didactic, Historical, Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), →ISBN