See also: mysl

Old Polish edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *myslь. First attested in the 14th century.

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

myśl f

  1. thought (act of thinking)
    Synonym: myślenie
    • Beginning of the 15th century, Kazania gnieźnieńskie[2], page gl. 70b:
      Mens mea super petram sollidata est... yscy moga misl tvartsa gest nisly opoka
      [Mens mea super petram sollidata est... iż ci moja myśl twardsza jest niżli opoka]
  2. thought (idea; result of thinking)
    Synonym: myślenie
    • 1939 [end of the 14th century], Ryszard Ganszyniec, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Kubica, Ludwik Bernacki, editors, Psałterz florjański łacińsko-polsko-niemiecki [Latin-Polish-German Florian Psalter]‎[3], Zakład Narodowy imienia Ossolińskich, z zasiłkiem Sejmu Śląskiego [The Ossoliński National Institute: with the benefit of the Silesian Parliament], pages 5, 12:
      Spadncze od misly swich (decidant, sc. inimici, a cogitationibus suis)
      [Spadńcie od myśli swych (decidant, sc. inimici, a cogitationibus suis)]

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Descendants edit

  • Masurian: miszl
  • Polish: myśl
  • Silesian: myśl

References edit

Polish edit

 
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Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

Inherited from Old Polish myśl.

Noun edit

myśl f (related adjective myślowy)

  1. thought (representation created in the mind) [+ o (locative) = about what]
  2. thought (view regarding something)
    Near-synonym: ideologia
  3. idea, thought (conception in the mind of something to be done; a plan for doing something, an intention)
    Near-synonyms: chęć, pomysł, zamiar
  4. thought (process of thinking)
    Synonym: myślenie
  5. (obsolete, except in set phrases) mind; disposition, mood
  6. (Middle Polish) boldness, courage, spirit, vigor
  7. (Middle Polish) faith, trust
    Synonyms: ufność, wiara
  8. (Middle Polish) joy
    Synonym: radość
  9. (Middle Polish) imagination, fantasy
  10. (Middle Polish, theology) one of the elements of a philosophical or theological definition of God or man; mind
  11. (Middle Polish, bibilical) life
    Synonym: życie
  12. (Middle Polish) contemplation; recollection; care; diligence; dream
  13. (Middle Polish) mind (ability to think)
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Trivia edit

According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), myśl is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 30 times in scientific texts, 9 times in news, 33 times in essays, 62 times in fiction, and 35 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 169 times, making it the 341st most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.[1]

Etymology 2 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb edit

myśl

  1. second-person singular imperative of myśleć

References edit

  1. ^ Ida Kurcz (1990) “myśl”, in Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej [Frequency dictionary of the Polish language]‎[1] (in Polish), volume 1, Kraków, Warszawa: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Języka Polskiego, page 260

Further reading edit

  • myśl in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • myśl in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “myśl”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
  • MYŚL”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century], 19.04.2013
  • Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “myśl”, in Słownik języka polskiego[4]
  • Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “myśl”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861[5]
  • J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1902), “myśl”, in Słownik języka polskiego[6] (in Polish), volume 2, Warsaw, page 1086
  • myśl in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego
  • Wanda Decyk-Zięba, editor (2018-2022), “myśl”, in Dydaktyczny Słownik Etymologiczno-historyczny Języka Polskiego [A Didactic, Historical, Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), →ISBN

Silesian edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Old Polish myśl.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

myśl f

  1. thought (idea; result of thinking)

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