poczta

== Old Polish == === Etymology === Deverbal from poczcić. First attested in the 14th century. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /pɔt͡ʃʲta/ IPA(key): (15th CE) /pɔt͡ʃʲta/ === Noun === poczta f (attested in Lesser Poland, Greater Poland, Masovia) gift given to gain someone (attested in Masovia, Greater Poland, Lesser Poland) commemorative gift to a feudal lord or mayor made by an urban or peasant population (hapax legomenon) honor; respect ==== Declension ==== ==== Descendants ==== Polish: poczta, poszta (Middle Polish), pocta (Western Kraków, Żarki, Siewierz, Pilica, Eastern Kraków, Gdów, Bochnia, Stanisławice, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Lasovia, Biecz, Ropczyce, Podhale, Ząb, Chochołów), poćta (Lasovia) Silesian: poczta === References === Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000), “poczta I”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish) Brückner, Aleksander (1927), “poczta”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna S. Urbańczyk, editor (1971), “poczta”, in Słownik staropolski (in Polish), volume 6, Wrocław, Warsaw, Kraków, Gdańsk: Polish Academy of Sciences, page 216 Bożena Sieradzka-Baziur, et al., editors (2011–2015), “poczta”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN Ewa Deptuchowa, et al., editors (2024), “poczta”, in Baza Leksykalna Średniowiecznej Polszczyzny [Lexical Base of Medieval Polish] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego Polskiej Akademii Nauk Ewa Deptuchowa, et al., editors (2023), “poczta”, in Rozariusze z polskimi glosami. Internetowa baza danych [Dictionaries of Polish glosses, an Internet database] (in Polish), Kraków: Pracownia Języka Staropolskiego Instytut Języka Polskiego Polskiej Akademii Nauk == Polish == === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ɔt͡ʂta Syllabification: pocz‧ta Homophone: Poczta === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Italian posta, influenced by poczta. First attested in 1547. ==== Alternative forms ==== posta, poszta (Middle Polish) paczta (Western Lublin, Włostowice, Puławy) ==== Noun ==== poczta f (related adjective pocztowy) (uncountable) post (institution dealing with the transport and delivery of correspondence and parcels) (countable) post office (building of such an institution) (uncountable) post; post office (people working in such an institution or building) (countable) post, mail (all shipments, especially letters, received or sent via postal institutions) (uncountable, computing) email (system enabling the transmission of messages over a computer network, resembling traditional letters, directed by a specific sender to a specific recipient) Synonym: mail (uncountable, computing) email (all transmissions via a computer network) (uncountable, historical, obsolete) post (institution that maintained horses and vehicles for transporting travelers, correspondence, and mail) (countable, historical, obsolete) post (vehicle belonging to that institution) (countable, historical, obsolete) post (station where those vehicles stopped) (obsolete) line (section between subsequent stops of a postal vehicle) (obsolete) postal worker (official delivering correspondence and parcels) (obsolete, figuratively) synonym of stanowisko / placówka (obsolete, children's games) type of children's game (obsolete, rare) type of firework (obsolete, rare) prank of youth involving lighting a piece of tallow-soaked paper placed on the shoe of a sleeping person (obsolete, thieve's cant) synonym of sznur ===== Declension ===== Middle Polish: ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== → Belarusian: по́шта (póšta) → Kashubian: pòczta → Lithuanian: paštas → Russian: по́чта (póčta)→ Abkhaz: аԥошьҭа (apošta)→ Azerbaijani: poçt→ Armenian: փոշտ (pʻošt)→ Chamalal: поч (poč)→ Ingush: пошт (pošt)→ Georgian: ფოშტა (pošṭa), ფოჩტა (počṭa)→ Kazakh: пошта (poşta)→ Kildin Sami: пошта (pošta)→ Kyrgyz: почта (pocta)→ Nogai: почта (poçta)→ Romanian: poștă→ Southern Altai: мочто (močto)→ Tajik: почта (počta)→ Tatar: почта (poçta)→ Turkmen: poçta→ Uyghur: پوچتا (pochta)→ Uzbek: pochta→ Yakut: буоста (buosta)→ Yakut: почта (počta) → Ukrainian: по́шта (póšta) === Etymology 2 === Inherited from Old Polish poczta. By surface analysis, deverbal from poczcić. ==== Alternative forms ==== poszta (Middle Polish) pocta (Western Kraków, Żarki, Siewierz, Pilica, Eastern Kraków, Gdów, Bochnia, Stanisławice, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Lasovia, Biecz, Ropczyce, Podhale, Ząb, Chochołów) poćta (Lasovia) ==== Noun ==== poczta f (Middle Polish) synonym of podarunek (“gift(s), especially intended to express respect and gain favor”) (Middle Polish) dedication (piece of work, a text dedicated to someone or having someone as its subject) (Middle Polish) synonym of łapówka (Middle Polish) feudal rent paid as a monetary equivalent of a special gift (Przemyśl) money collection on the third day of a wedding reception (Western Kraków) gift given by a peasant to an official or clerk (Middle Polish, religion) worship of God ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === Modern Standard Polish: “poczta”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎[19] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN “poczta”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[20] (in Polish) Woliński, Marcin; Saloni, Zygmunt; Wołosz, Robert; Gruszczyński, Włodzimierz; Skowrońska, Danuta; Bronk, Zbigniew (2020), “poczta”, in Słownik gramatyczny języka polskiego [Grammatical Dictionary of Polish]‎[21], 4. online edition, Warszawa Middle Polish: Maria Renata Mayenowa; Stanisław Rospond; Witold Taszycki; Stefan Hrabec; Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023), “poczta”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish] “POCZTA”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century], 02.06.2025 Paweł Kupiszewski (02.06.2025), “POCZTA”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century] A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1908), “poczta”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 4, Warsaw, page 326 Historic dictionaries: Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814), “poczta”, in Słownik języka polskiego Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861), “poczta”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861 A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1908), “poczta”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 4, Warsaw, page 326 Dialectal dictionaries: Jan Karłowicz (1906), “poczta”, in Jan Łoś, editors, Słownik gwar polskich [Dictionary of Polish dialects] (in Polish), volume 4: P, Kraków: Akademia Umiejętności, page 162 Aleksander Saloni (1899), “poczta”, in “Lud wiejski w okolicy Przeworska”, in M. Arct, E. Lubowski, editors, Wisła : miesięcznik gieograficzno-etnograficzny‎[22] (in Polish), volume 13, Warsaw: Artur Gruszecki, page 243