pieczęć

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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

  1. seal (pattern, design)

Further reading

Polish

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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

  • IPA(key): /ˈpjɛ.t͡ʂɛɲt͡ɕ/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛt͡ʂɛɲt͡ɕ
  • Syllabification: pie‧częć

Noun

pieczęć f (diminutive pieczątka)

  1. seal (pattern, design)
  2. 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