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Old Polish
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pečatь with secondary nasalization.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /pjɛt͡ʃʲæ̃t͡ɕ/
- IPA(key): (15th CE) /pjɛt͡ʃʲæ̃t͡ɕ/
Noun
pieczęć f
- (attested in Greater Poland) seal (pattern, design)
1959 [1395], Henryk Kowalewicz, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz, editors, Wielkopolskie roty sądowe XIV-XV wieku, Roty poznańskie, volume I, number 187, Poznań:Tedi mu ti vini dani przepiszane hy zapeczentani gednaczkemi *peczentani- [Tedy mu ty winy dany przepisane hi zapieczętany jednackiemi pieczętami]
Descendants
Further reading
- 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), “pieczęć”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN
Polish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Polish pieczęć.
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, volume 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