wieś

See also: wies, Wies, -wies, Wieś, and Więś

Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish wieś, from Proto-Slavic *vь̀sь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *weiśis, from Proto-Indo-European *wéyḱ-i-s, from *weyḱ-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vjɛɕ/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛɕ
  • Syllabification: wieś
  • Homophones: Wieś, wieź

Noun

wieś f (diminutive wioska, augmentative wiocha)

  1. country (the country, rural area, as opposed to the town or city)
  2. village
    Synonyms: (literary) sioło, (obsolete) wieśnica
  3. (colloquial) boorish behavior

Declension

Derived terms

adjectives
nouns

Further reading

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