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Polish
Etymology
Deverbal from pociskać.[1][2][3] First attested in 1533.[4]
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɔt͡ɕisk
- Syllabification: po‧cisk
Noun
pocisk m inan
- (firearms) bullet, gunshot (streamlined body thrown from a firearm or launcher, intended to hit a target from a distance)
- (sometimes colloquial) missile, projectile (any object used as a weapon by being thrown or fired through the air, such as stone, arrow, or bullet)
- (slang) repartee (act of taunting, making fun of someone)[5]
- (obsolete) throw, toss (act of throwing)
- Synonym: rzut
Declension
Derived terms
References
- ^ Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “pocisk”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN
- ^ Mańczak, Witold (2017) “pocisk”, in Polski słownik etymologiczny (in Polish), Kraków: Polska Akademia Umiejętności, →ISBN
- ^ Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “pocisk”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
- ^ Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “pocisk”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
- ^ Młodzieżowe Słowo Roku 2017 PWN (in Polish), 2017 November 9, archived from the original on 6.5.2024: “Definicja: „Pocisk”, czyli akt „pociśnięcia”. „Pocisnąć” komuś lub kogoś – poszydzić, zażartować, „potoczyć bekę”.”
Further reading
- pocisk in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- pocisk in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- Paweł Kupiszewski (20.09.2018) “POCISK”, 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) “pocisk”, in Słownik języka polskiego
- Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “pocisk”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
- A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1908), “pocisk”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 4, Warsaw, page 316