cześć

See also: część

Polish

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *čьstь (“honour”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kʷit-tis. Cognate with Sanskrit चित्ति (citti, “thinking, understanding”) and Avestan 𐬗𐬌𐬯𐬙𐬌-‎ (cisti-, “consciousness”). Compare Czech čest, Ukrainian and Russian честь (čestʹ), Serbo-Croatian and Slovene čast, Belarusian чэсць (čescʹ), Slovak česť, Bulgarian чест (čest).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʂɛɕt͡ɕ/

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Interjection

cześć

1. (informal) hi; hello

   Cześć, chcesz coś zjeść?

   Hi, do you want to eat something?

2. (informal) bye

Synonyms

• (hello): hej, siema
• (bye): na razie, pa

Noun

cześć f

1. reverence, honour

Declension

declension of cześć

	singular
nominative	cześć
genitive	czci
dative	czci
accusative	cześć
instrumental	czcią
locative	czci
vocative	czci

Further reading

• cześć in Polish dictionaries at PWN