cieć

See also: ciec and cięć

Polish

Etymology

Perhaps inherited from Old Polish cieść, from Proto-Slavic *tьstь. Doublet of teść (“father-in-law”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ɕɛt͡ɕ/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛt͡ɕ
• Syllabification: cieć

Noun

cieć m pers

1. (colloquial, usually derogatory) warden, caretaker; person hired to watch over an area or a building

   Synonyms: dozorca, strażnik, ochroniarz

Declension

Declension of cieć

	singular	plural
nominative	cieć	ciecie
genitive	ciecia	cieciów
dative	cieciowi	cieciom
accusative	ciecia	cieciów
instrumental	cieciem	cieciami
locative	cieciu	cieciach
vocative	cieciu	ciecie

Further reading

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

Serbo-Croatian

Preposition

cieć (Cyrillic spelling циећ)

1. Obsolete spelling of cijeć.