cieć
See also: ciec and cięć
Polish
Etymology
Perhaps inherited from Old Polish cieść, from Proto-Slavic *tьstь. Doublet of teść (“father-in-law”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡ɕɛt͡ɕ/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɛt͡ɕ
- Syllabification: cieć
Noun
cieć m pers
- (colloquial, usually derogatory) warden, caretaker; person hired to watch over an area or a building
- Synonyms: dozorca, strażnik, ochroniarz
Declension
Declension of cieć
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | cieć | ciecie |
| genitive | ciecia | cieciów |
| dative | cieciowi | cieciom |
| accusative | ciecia | cieciów |
| instrumental | cieciem | cieciami |
| locative | cieciu | cieciach |
| vocative | cieciu | ciecie |
Further reading
- cieć in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- cieć in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Serbo-Croatian
Preposition
cieć (Cyrillic spelling циећ)
- Obsolete spelling of cijeć