miąć

Polish

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *mę̀ti[1], from Proto-Balto-Slavic *minʔ-[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/
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Verb

miąć impf (perfective wymiąć or zmiąć) [3]

  1. (transitive) to crumple, to crease
    miąć chusteczkę - to crumple a handkerchief
    miąć papier - to crumple paper

Conjugation

Synonyms

  • gnieść, marszczyć, międlić, miętosić
Derived terms
  • miąć się (reflexive verb)

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) Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna, published 1985, page 331.
  3. Tadeusz Piotrowski [et al.], Langenscheidt Pocket Dictionary: Polish. Berlin and Munich: Langenscheidt, 2003. →ISBN

Further reading

  • miąć in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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