sieć

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See also: siec and siéc

Old Polish

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

sieć f (diminutive siatka)

  1. (attested in Greater Poland, Masovia) net (device made from mesh used for catching fish)
    • 1959 , Henryk Kowalewicz, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz, editors, Wielkopolskie roty sądowe XIV-XV wieku, Roty poznańskie, volume I, number 218, Poznań:
      Jako Voczech ne wanl szeczi chanszebnø rzecza Janowi
      ął sieci chąsiebną rzeczą Janowi]
    • 1879 , Jan Tadeusz Lubomirski, editor, Księga ziemi czerskiej 1404-1425. Liber terrae Cernensis‎, Masovia, page 170:
      Falislaus... recognovit, quia tenetur... Paulo... rethe cerworum vlg. dictum jelena secz
    • c. 1500, Wokabularz lubiński, Lubiń: inkunabuł Archiwum Archidiecezjalnego w Gnieźnie, sygn. Inc. 78d., page 116r:
      Rethe eyn fisch garne a retineo quia retinet pisces vel aues szyecz

Derived terms

nouns

Descendants

  • Polish: sieć
  • Silesian: siyć

References

Polish

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Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish sieć. Sense 2 is a semantic loan from English web. Sense 4 is a semantic loan from English network.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

sieć f (diminutive siatka, related adjective sieciowy)

  1. net (device made from mesh, used for catching fish, butterflies, etc.)
  3. spiderweb
    Synonym: pajęczyna
  4. network (all people performing the same activity in a given area)
  6. network (set of interconnected roads, transmitters, wires, or conduits used to move or transmit someone or something)
    sieć komputerowa ― computer network
  7. network (business that provides a specific type of signal using interconnected transmitters and cables, i.e. of a telephone)
  8. network (group of facilities or devices in a given area that perform the same function or have the same owner)
    1. mains (electricity supply)
    2. power grid (electricity network)
    3. chain (series of stores or businesses with the same brand name)
  9. net, mesh (large number of intersecting grooves or lines on some type of surface)
  10. chain, net (all actions or relationships that are intended to capture someone or gain power over someone)
  11. (Internet) Internet
    Synonym: Internet
  12. (anatomy) omentum
    sieć większa ― greater omentum
    sieć mniejsza ― lesser omentum
  13. (anatomy) rete
    sieć dziwna ― rete mirabile
  14. (obsolete) wedding reception ceremony of stretching a tablecloth over the bride

Declension

Declension of sieć
singular plural
nominative sieć sieci
genitive sieci sieci
dative sieci sieciom
accusative sieć sieci
instrumental siecią sieciami
locative sieci sieciach
vocative sieci sieci

Derived terms

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adjectives
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