cecha

See also: cechą, Čecha, and cèchá

Old Polish

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Middle High German zeichen. First attested in 1441.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /t͡sɛ(ː)xa/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /t͡sɛxa/, /t͡sexa/

Noun

cecha f

  1. token; stamp (sign or marked object serving as evidence of a specific right or fulfillment of an obligation)
    • 1874-1891 [1441], Rozprawy i Sprawozdania z Posiedzeń Wydziału Filologicznego Akademii Umiejętności, volume XXV, page 268:
      Czechy signa
      [Cechy signa]
Derived terms
verbs
Descendants
  • Polish: cecha (quality)
  • Silesian: cycha

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Middle High German zeche. First attested in 1479.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /t͡sɛxa/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /t͡sɛxa/

Noun

cecha f (diminutive cyszka)

  1. bedding cover; sheet
    • 1898 [1479], Rocznik Krakowski, volume XVI, page 50:
      Czecha von czwelich
      [Cecha von cwelich]
Alternative forms
  • cycha
Descendants
  • Polish: cecha (cover, bag)
  • Silesian: ceszka

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /t͡sɛxa/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /t͡sɛxa/

Noun

cecha f

  1. Alternative form of cech

References

Polish

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Polish cecha (token, stamp). Doublet of token (security token), a borrowing from English.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡sɛ.xa/
  • (Middle Polish) IPA(key): /ˈt͡sɛ.xa/, /ˈt͡se.xa/
  • (file)
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛxa
  • Syllabification: ce‧cha

Noun

cecha f

  1. feature, quality, trait
    Synonym: właściwość
  2. certification mark (sign left i.e. by a company on an object)
  3. (philosophy) quality (inseperable part of something)
  4. (cartography) mark (marking the location of a point above sea level on a map)
  5. marker; stamp (hammer with a stamp on the head used for marking trees; any tool used for marking something)
    Synonym: cechówka
  6. (mathematics) floor, entier
    Synonym: podłoga
  7. (obsolete) character (traits assigned to a personality)
    Synonym: charakter
  8. (obsolete) sign, mark
    Synonyms: piętno, znak
  9. (obsolete) guild notice (sign that was used to send notice of the date of collection of the guild)
Declension
Alternative forms
Derived terms
nouns
  • cecha dominująca
  • cecha dystynktywna
  • cecha legalizacyjna
  • cecha logarytmu
  • drugorzędowe cechy płciowe
  • pierwszorzędowe cechy płciowe
  • trzeciorzędowe cechy płciowe
verbs
nouns
  • cechownia
  • cechownica
  • cechownik

Trivia

According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), cecha is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 54 times in scientific texts, 2 times in news, 24 times in essays, 9 times in fiction, and 5 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 94 times, making it the 670th most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.[1]

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old Polish cecha (cover).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡sɛ.xa/
  • (Middle Polish) IPA(key): /ˈt͡sɛ.xa/, /ˈt͡se.xa/
  • (file)
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛxa
  • Syllabification: ce‧cha

Noun

cecha f

  1. (Middle Polish) duvet cover; pillowcase
  2. (obsolete) large webbed bag
Declension
Alternative forms

References

  1. Ida Kurcz (1990) “cecha”, in Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej [Frequency dictionary of the Polish language] (in Polish), volume 1, Kraków, Warszawa: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Języka Polskiego, page 42

Further reading

  • cecha in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • cecha in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “1. cecha”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
  • Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “2. cecha”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
  • Krystyna Siekierska (16.01.2019) “CECHA”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]
  • Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “cecha”, in Słownik języka polskiego
  • Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “cecha”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
  • J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “cecha”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 257
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