mierzyć

Inherited from Old Polish mierzyć, from Proto-Slavic *měriti. By surface analysis, miara +‎ -yć.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmjɛ.ʐɘt͡ɕ/

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• Rhymes: -ɛʐɘt͡ɕ
• Syllabification: mie‧rzyć

mierzyć impf (perfective zmierzyć or pomierzyć)

1. (transitive) to measure (to ascertain the quantity of a unit of material via calculated comparison with respect to a standard)
2. (intransitive) to measure (to be of (a certain size), to have (a certain measurement))
3. (intransitive) to aim (to point or direct at) [with do (+ genitive) ‘at whom or what’]

   Synonyms: celować, godzić

4. (intransitive, archaic) to head (to move in a specified direction) [with ku (+ dative) ‘to where’]

   Synonyms: kierować się, zdążać

5. (transitive) to try on clothes
6. (reflexive with się) to measure oneself
7. (reflexive with się) to measure one another
8. (reflexive with się, archaic) to be measured
9. (reflexive with się, archaic) to follow [with instrumental ‘what’] (to act according to)

   Synonym: kierować się

10. (reflexive with się) to compete, to contend [with z (+ instrumental) ‘with someone’]

    Synonym: próbować się

11. (reflexive with się) to face (to deal with, to confront)
12. (reflexive with się, obsolete) to get one's claws out (to prepare to attack) [with na (+ accusative) ‘for whom’]

    Synonym: zamierzać się

• mierzyć in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• mierzyć in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Wanda Decyk-Zięba, editor (2018-2022), “mierzyć”, in Dydaktyczny Słownik Etymologiczno-historyczny Języka Polskiego [A Didactic, Historical, Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), →ISBN