mieć

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (10^th–15^th CE) /mʲɛ(ː)t͡ɕ/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /mʲɛt͡ɕ/, /mʲet͡ɕ/

Verb

mieć impf

1. to have, to be in possession of
2. to have, to hold (to contain in one's hands)
3. to have (to host someone or be hosted)
4. (in collocation with some nouns) to do
5. to consider someone as something
6. to be supposed to, to have to
7. (with the passive participle) to have (e.g. to have something (that is) cooked)
8. (reflexive with się) to behave
9. (reflexive with się) to fare (to be in any state, or pass through any experience, good or bad)

References

• 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), “mieć”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN