mecyje
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from Yiddish מציאה (metsiye).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mɛˈt͡sɘ.jɛ/
- (Masovia):
- (Near Masovian) IPA(key): /mɛˈt͡sɘ.jɛ/
- (Lesser Poland):
- (Western Lublin) IPA(key): [mɛˈt͡sɘ.jɛ]
- (Eastern Lublin) IPA(key): [mɛˈt͡sɘ.jɛ]
- Rhymes: -ɘjɛ
- Syllabification: me‧cy‧je
Noun
mecyje nvir pl or n (indeclinable)
- (colloquial or dialectal, Western Lublin, Eastern Lublin, Lublin Voivodeship, Near Masovian, Łuków County) curio, rarity (something excellent or first-rate)
Usage notes
The neuter usage is obsolete.
Declension
Declension of mecyje
| plural | |
|---|---|
| nominative | mecyje |
| genitive | mecyj |
| dative | mecyjom |
| accusative | mecyje |
| instrumental | mecyjami |
| locative | mecyjach |
| vocative | mecyje |
Or, when neuter, indeclinable.
Derived terms
interjections
- wielkie mi mecyje
Further reading
- mecyje in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- Hieronim Łopaciński (1892) “mecyje”, in “Przyczynki do nowego słownika języka polskiego (słownik wyrazów ludowych z Lubelskiego i innych okolic Królestwa Polskiego”, in Prace Filologiczne (in Polish), volume 4, Warsaw: skł. gł. w Księgarni E. Wende i Ska, page 217