sieć

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Old Polish[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /ɕɛːt͡ɕ/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /ɕet͡ɕ/

Noun[edit]

sieć f (diminutive siatka)

  1. net (device made from mesh used for catching fish)
    • 1959 [1397], Henryk Kowalewicz, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz, editors, Wielkopolskie roty sądowe XIV-XV wieku, Roty poznańskie, volume I, number 218:
      Jako Voczech ne w[z]anl szeczi chanszebnø rzecza Janowi
      [Jako Wociech nie w[zi]ął sieci chąsiebną rzeczą Janowi]
    • 1879 [1417], Jan Tadeusz Lubomirski, editor, Księga ziemi czerskiej 1404-1425. Liber terrae Cernensis[2], page 170:
      Falislaus... recognovit, quia tenetur... Paulo... rethe cerworum vlg. dictum jelena secz
      [Falislaus... recognovit, quia tenetur... Paulo... rethe cerworum vlg. dictum jelenia sieć]
    • c. 1500, Wokabularz lubiński, inkunabuł Archiwum Archidiecezjalnego w Gnieźnie, sygn. Inc. 78d., page 116r:
      Rethe eyn fisch garne a retineo quia retinet pisces vel aues szyecz
      [Rethe eyn fisch garne a retineo quia retinet pisces vel aues sieć]

Derived terms[edit]

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Descendants[edit]

  • Polish: sieć
  • Silesian: siyć

References[edit]

Polish[edit]

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

sieć f (diminutive siatka, related adjective sieciowy)

  1. net (device made from such mesh, used for catching fish, butterflies, etc.) [+ na (accusative) = for what]
  2. spiderweb
    Synonym: pajęczyna
  3. network (all people performing the same activity in a given area)
  4. network (set of interconnected roads, transmitters, wires, or conduits used to move or transmit someone or something)
    sieć komputerowacomputer network
  5. network (business that provides a specific type of signal using interconnected transmitters and cables, i.e. of a telephone)
  6. 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)
  7. net, mesh (large number of intersecting grooves or lines on some type of surface)
  8. chain, net (all actions or relationships that are intended to capture someone or gain power over someone)
  9. the Internet
    Synonym: Internet
  10. (anatomy) omentum
    sieć większagreater omentum
    sieć mniejszalesser omentum
  11. (anatomy) rete
    sieć dziwnarete mirabile
  12. (obsolete) wedding reception ceremony of stretching a tablecloth over the bride

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Derived terms[edit]

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Related terms[edit]

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Trivia[edit]

According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), sieć is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 10 times in scientific texts, 11 times in news, 28 times in essays, 8 times in fiction, and 1 time in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 58 times, making it the 1117th most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Ida Kurcz (1990) “sieć”, in Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej [Frequency dictionary of the Polish language]‎[1] (in Polish), volume 2, Kraków, Warszawa: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Języka Polskiego, page 526

Further reading[edit]

  • sieć in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • sieć in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “sieć”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
  • SIEĆ”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century], 29.10.2008
  • Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “sieć”, in Słownik języka polskiego[3]
  • Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “sieć”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861[4]
  • J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1915), “sieć”, in Słownik języka polskiego[5] (in Polish), volume 6, Warsaw, page 95