umieć

== Old Polish == === Alternative forms === humieć === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Slavic *uměti. By surface analysis, um +‎ -eć. First attested in the 14th century. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /umʲɛt͡ɕʲ/ IPA(key): (15th CE) /umʲɛt͡ɕʲ/ === Verb === umieć impf (attested in Greater Poland, Lesser Poland, Masovia) to know; to know how (to have knowledge on, to understand) [with infinitive ‘to do what’] (attested in Lesser Poland) to know (to speak a language) [with po (+ locative) ‘what language’] (attested in Greater Poland) to be able to; can, to know how (to have the ability or knowledge to do something) The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include: to doubt ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Polish: umieć Silesian: umieć === References === Boryś, Wiesław (2005), “umieć”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN Mańczak, Witold (2017), “umieć”, in Polski słownik etymologiczny (in Polish), Kraków: Polska Akademia Umiejętności, →ISBN B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “umieć”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN == Polish == === Etymology === Inherited from Old Polish umieć. By surface analysis, um +‎ -eć. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈu.mjɛt͡ɕ/ Rhymes: -umjɛt͡ɕ Syllabification: u‧mieć === Verb === umieć impf (transitive) to be able to; can, to know how (to have the ability or knowledge to do something) [with infinitive ‘to do what’] Synonym: potrafić (transitive) to know (to be able to recite from memory) (transitive, proscribed) to know (having learned, to be able to apply, e.g. a language) Synonym: znać (transitive) to be able to; can, to know how (to do better than others) [with infinitive ‘to do what’] ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Trivia === According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), umieć is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 2 times in scientific texts, 0 times in news, 13 times in essays, 30 times in fiction, and 43 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 88 times, making it the 726th most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words. === References === === Further reading === umieć in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN umieć in Polish dictionaries at PWN Maria Renata Mayenowa; Stanisław Rospond; Witold Taszycki; Stefan Hrabec; Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023), “umieć”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish] “UMIEĆ”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century], 10.12.2018 Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814), “umieć”, in Słownik języka polskiego Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861), “umieć”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861 J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1919), “umieć”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 7, Warsaw, page 293 umieć in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego == Silesian == === Alternative forms === umjeć (Steuer's Silesian Alphabet) === Etymology === Inherited from Old Polish umieć. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈu.mjɛt͡ɕ/ Rhymes: -umjɛt͡ɕ Syllabification: u‧mieć === Verb === umieć impf (transitive) to be able to; can, to know how (to have the ability or knowledge to do something) ==== Conjugation ==== This verb needs an inflection-table template. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === umiec in dykcjonorz.eu umieć in silling.org