omieść
Polish
editEtymology
editFrom o- + mieść. First attested in 1541.[1] Compare Kashubian omiesc.
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /ˈɔ.mjɛɕt͡ɕ/
- (Middle Polish) IPA(key): /ˈɔ.mjɛɕt͡ɕ/, /ˈɔ.mjeɕt͡ɕ/
- Rhymes: -ɔmjɛɕt͡ɕ
- Syllabification: o‧mieść
Verb
editomieść pf (imperfective omiatać)
- (transitive) to dust, to brush (to remove dust or dirt from something by passing it over with a broom or brush) [with instrumental ‘with what’] [with z (+ genitive) ‘from what’]
- Synonym: obmieść
- (transitive) to sweep off (blowing with great force, to knock something off something, i.e. leaves off of a tree)
- (transitive) to brush (to move over something by lightly touching it) [with instrumental ‘with what’]
- (transitive) to sweep (to surround someone or something by floating in the air)
- (transitive) to light up (to illuminate someone or something for a moment by directing the light) [with instrumental ‘with what’]
- Synonym: obmieść
- (transitive) to gesture (to make a circular movement with one's hand in the air, pointing to some part of space) [with instrumental ‘with what’]
Conjugation
editDerived terms
editverbs
- omieść wzrokiem pf, omiatać wzrokiem impf
References
editFurther reading
edit- omieść in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- omieść in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “omieść”, in Słownik języka polskiego
- Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “omieść”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
- J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1904), “omieść”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 3, Warsaw, page 774