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pieśniczka

//pjɛɕˈɲit͡ʂ.ka/ | /pjɛɕˈɲit͡ʂ.ka//
Polishnoun

Grammatical form

pieśniczka is the diminutive form of pieśń — “song (literary genre of lyric poetry, with origins linked to rituals and music (folk songs, medieval songs); a lyric work divided into stanzas, usually on serious topics).

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Definitions of pieśń noun · /ˈpjɛɕɲ/

Full entry for pieśń
  1. 1.song (literary genre of lyric poetry, with origins linked to rituals and music (folk songs, medieval songs); a lyric work divided into stanzas, usually on serious topics)
  2. 2.canto (one of the chief divisions of a long poem)
  3. 3.chant, ballad, song (vocal piece to a poetic text)(literary)

Etymology of pieśń

Inherited from Old Polish pieśń, from Proto-Slavic *pěsnь. By surface analysis, piać + -śń.

Etymology

From pieśń + -iczka. Cognate with Czech písnička and Slovak pesnička.

Paradigm of pieśń, with pieśniczka highlighted:

Nominative
Singular
pieśń
Plural
pieśni
Genitive
Singular
pieśni
Plural
pieśni
Dative
Singular
pieśni
Plural
pieśniom
Accusative
Singular
pieśń
Plural
pieśni
Instrumental
Singular
pieśnią
Plural
pieśniami
Locative
Singular
pieśni
Plural
pieśniach
Vocative
Singular
pieśni
Plural
pieśni

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