mecz

See also: męcz

Kashubian

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Germanic *makô
Proto-Germanic *gamakô
Proto-Germanic *-ukaz
Proto-Indo-European *-ō
Proto-Germanic *-ô
Proto-Germanic *-ukô
Proto-Germanic *gamakjô
Proto-West Germanic *gamakkjō
Old English ġemæċċa
Middle English macche
English matchbor.
Polish meczbor.
Kashubian mecz

    Borrowed from Polish mecz.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈmɛt͡ʃ/
    • Rhymes: -ɛt͡ʃ
    • Syllabification: mecz

    Noun

    mecz m inan (related adjective meczowi)

    1. (sports) match (a competitive sporting event such as a boxing meet (commonly called a "bout"), a baseball game, or a cricket match)
      Synonym: rozgriwka

    Further reading

    • Jan Trepczyk (1994), “mecz”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes 1–2
    • Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011), “mecz”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎[3]

    Polish

    Etymology

    Etymology tree
    Proto-Germanic *makô
    Proto-Germanic *gamakô
    Proto-Germanic *-ukaz
    Proto-Indo-European *-ō
    Proto-Germanic *-ô
    Proto-Germanic *-ukô
    Proto-Germanic *gamakjô
    Proto-West Germanic *gamakkjō
    Old English ġemæċċa
    Middle English macche
    English matchbor.
    Polish mecz

      Borrowed from English match.[1][2][3] First attested in 1852.[4]

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /ˈmɛt͡ʂ/
      • Audio:(file)
      • Rhymes: -ɛt͡ʂ
      • Syllabification: mecz

      Noun

      mecz m inan (related adjective meczowy)

      1. (sports) match (a competitive sporting event such as a boxing meet (commonly called a "bout"), a baseball game, or a cricket match)
        Synonym: potyczka

      Declension

      Declension of mecz
      singular plural
      nominative mecz mecze
      genitive meczu meczów/meczy
      dative meczowi meczom
      accusative mecz mecze
      instrumental meczem meczami
      locative meczu meczach
      vocative meczu mecze

      Derived terms

      noun
      • przedmecz
      noun phrase
      adjective

      Descendants

      • → Kashubian: mecz

      Trivia

      According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), mecz is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 0 times in scientific texts, 65 times in news, 0 times in essays, 0 times in fiction, and 2 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 67 times, making it the 965th most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.[5]

      References

      1. ^ Dubisz, Stanisław, editor (2003), “mecz”, in Uniwersalny słownik języka polskiego [Universal Dictionary of the Polish Language]‎[1] (in Polish), volumes 1–4, Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN, →ISBN, →OCLC
      2. ^ Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000), “mecz”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
      3. ^ Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), “mecz”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN
      4. ^ Gazeta Wielkiego Xięstwa Poznańskiego (in Polish), number 165, 17 July 1852, page 4
      5. ^ Ida Kurcz (1990), “mecz”, in Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej [Frequency dictionary of the Polish language]‎[2] (in Polish), volume 1, Kraków; Warszawa: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Języka Polskiego, page 239

      Further reading

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