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Old Polish
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pečatь with secondary nasalization , from *peťi + *-ětь.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /pjɛt͡ʃʲæ̃t͡ɕ/
- IPA(key): (15th CE) /pjɛt͡ʃʲæ̃t͡ɕ/
Noun
pieczęć f
- seal (pattern, design)
Further reading
Polish
Etymology
With secondary nasalization from Proto-Slavic *pečatь, from *peťi (“-to bake”) + *-ětь.
Cognate with Russian печать (pečatʹ, “seal, stamp”), Serbo-Croatian печат (“seal”). See also German Petschaft.
Pronunciation
Noun
pieczęć f (diminutive pieczątka)
- seal (pattern, design)
- stamp (an indentation or imprint made by stamping)
Declension
References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “печать”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “печать”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volumes 2 (панцирь – ящур), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 28
Further reading
- pieczęć in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- pieczęć in Polish dictionaries at PWN