miąć

See also: miac

Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mę̀ti[1](stem *mьn-), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *minˀtei[1]. Cognates include Slovak mäť[1], Slovene mę́ti (to rub)[1], Russian мять (mjatʹ, to crumple; to knead)[1][2] and Lithuanian mìnti (to trample)[1][2].

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mjɔɲt͡ɕ/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔɲt͡ɕ
  • Syllabification: miąć

Verb

miąć impf (perfective wymiąć or zmiąć) [3]

  1. (transitive) to crease, to crumple
    Synonyms: gnieść, marszczyć, międlić, miętosić
    miąć chusteczkęto crumple a handkerchief
    miąć papierto crumple paper
  2. (reflexive) to get creaseed, to get crumpled

Conjugation

verbs

References

  1. Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 315-316 . →ISBN
  2. Brückner, Aleksander (1927), miąć”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna, page 331.
  3. Tadeusz Piotrowski [et al.], Langenscheidt Pocket Dictionary: Polish. Berlin and Munich: Langenscheidt, 2003. →ISBN

Further reading

  • miąć in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • miąć in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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