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serce

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See also: serçe and ŝerce

Kashubian

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Etymology

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    Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sь̑rdьce.

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    Noun

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    serce n (diminutive serdëszkò or serdulkò, related adjective sercowi)

    1. (anatomy) heart (muscular organ that pumps blood through the body, traditionally thought to be the seat of emotion)
    2. heart (one's feelings and emotions, especially considered as part of one's character)
    3. (card games) heart (a suit of cards)
      Synonym: czerwiéń

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    Declension of serce
    singular plural
    nominative serce serca
    genitive serca serców, serc, sérc
    dative sercu sercóm
    accusative serce serca
    instrumental sercã, sercem sercami, sercamë, sercama
    locative sercu, serce sercach
    vocative serce serca

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    Further reading

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    • Stefan Ramułt (1893), “serce”, in Słownik języka pomorskiego czyli kaszubskiego (in Kashubian), page 192
    • Jan Trepczyk (1994), “serce”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes 1–2
    • Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011), “serce”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi[2]
    • serce”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

    Lower Sorbian

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    Etymology

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    Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sьrdьce.

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /ˈsɛrt͡sɛ/, [ˈsɛrt͡sə]

    Noun

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    serce n

    1. (archaic) heart
      Synonym: (usual modern word) wutšoba

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    Further reading

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    • Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928), “serce”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
    • Starosta, Manfred (1999), “serce”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

    Middle English

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    Verb

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    serce

    1. alternative form of serchen

    Old English

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    Noun

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    serċe f

    1. alternative form of sierċe

    Old Polish

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    Alternative forms

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    Etymology

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      Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sь̑rdьce with a hardening of the s- under influence of Old Czech srdce. First attested in the first half of the 14th century.

      Pronunciation

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      • IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /sɛrt͡sʲɛ/
      • IPA(key): (15th CE) /sɛrt͡sʲɛ/

      Noun

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      serce n (related adjective serdeczny)

      1. (anatomy, attested in Lesser Poland) heart (muscular organ that pumps blood through the body, traditionally thought to be the seat of emotion)
        • 1939 [end of the 14th century], Ryszard Ganszyniec, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Kubica, Ludwik Bernacki, editors, Psałterz florjański łacińsko-polsko-niemiecki [Sankt Florian Psalter]‎scan transliteration, transcription, numbers 21, 28, Krakow: Zakład Narodowy imienia Ossolińskich, z zasiłkiem Sejmu Śląskiego [The Ossoliński National Institute: with the benefit of the Silesian Parliament]:
          Iescz bødø vbodzy..., sziwa bødø sercza (corda) gich na weky wekom
          [Jeść będą ubodzy..., żywa będą sierca (corda) jich na wieki wiekom]
        • 1939 [end of the 14th century], Ryszard Ganszyniec, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Kubica, Ludwik Bernacki, editors, Psałterz florjański łacińsko-polsko-niemiecki [Sankt Florian Psalter]‎scan transliteration, transcription, numbers 21, 15, Krakow: Zakład Narodowy imienia Ossolińskich, z zasiłkiem Sejmu Śląskiego [The Ossoliński National Institute: with the benefit of the Silesian Parliament]:
          Vczinilo se iest sercze (cor) moie iaco wozk rozquiraiøczy se wesrzod sercza (in medio ventris) mego
          [Uczyniło sie jest sierce (cor) moje jako wosk rozskwirający sie weśrzod sierca (in medio ventris) mego]
      2. (attested in Lesser Poland) heart (symbol, a seat of mental life, feelings, thoughts, ethical principles)
      3. (figuratively, attested in Lesser Poland) heart (physical inside part of something)
        • 1939 [end of the 14th century], Ryszard Ganszyniec, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Kubica, Ludwik Bernacki, editors, Psałterz florjański łacińsko-polsko-niemiecki [Sankt Florian Psalter]‎scan transliteration, transcription, numbers 45, 2, Krakow: Zakład Narodowy imienia Ossolińskich, z zasiłkiem Sejmu Śląskiego [The Ossoliński National Institute: with the benefit of the Silesian Parliament]:
          Ne bødzemy se bacz, gdi se bødze møczicz zema y przenesoni bødø gori w sercze morske (in cor maris)
          [Nie będziemy sie bać, gdy sie będzie męcić ziemia i przeniesiony będą gory w sierce morskie (in cor maris)]
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      adverbs

      Descendants

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      • Polish: serce
      • Silesian: serce

      References

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      • Boryś, Wiesław (2005), “serce”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN
      • Mańczak, Witold (2017), “serce”, in Polski słownik etymologiczny (in Polish), Kraków: Polska Akademia Umiejętności, →ISBN
      • 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), “serce”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

      Polish

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      Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
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      Etymology

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        Inherited from Old Polish serce.

        Pronunciation

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        • Rhymes: -ɛrt͡sɛ
        • Syllabification: ser‧ce

        Noun

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        serce n (diminutive serduszko, augmentative serducho, related adjective sercowy)

        1. (anatomy) heart (muscular organ that pumps blood through the body)
        2. (anatomy) heart (part of the chest on its left side at the level of the heart - the organ)
        3. (literary) heart (person as an entity that feels emotions)
          Synonym: psychika
        4. (literary) heart (seat of emotion)
        5. heart (one's feelings and emotions, especially considered as part of one's character)
          Synonym: charakter
        6. heart (positive actions or emotions shown towards someone)
          Synonym: życzliwość
        7. clapper; tongue (object so suspended inside a bell that it may hit the bell and cause it to ring)
        8. heart (most important part of something that makes it function)
          Synonym: trzon
        9. heart (center of something)
          Synonyms: centrum, środek
        10. heart (conventional shape or symbol used to represent the heart, love, or emotion)
        11. heart (emotional strength that allows one to continue in difficult situations; courage; spirit; a will to compete)
        12. (obsolete, in the vocative) heart (term of endearment for a loved one)
        13. (obsolete, music) heart (central part of a reed)
        14. (obsolete) hammerstone
          Synonym: tłuk
        15. (obsolete, fishing) hole in a cod end (narrow end of a trawling net)
        16. (obsolete, rail transport) railroad switch, set of points, turnout (track system allowing the passage of railway vehicles or their combinations from one track to another)
          Synonym: rozjazd

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        Trivia

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        According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), serce is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 18 times in scientific texts, 4 times in news, 9 times in essays, 30 times in fiction, and 33 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 94 times, making it the 673rd most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.[1]

        References

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        1. ^ Ida Kurcz (1990), “serce”, in Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej [Frequency dictionary of the Polish language]‎[1] (in Polish), volume 2, Kraków; Warszawa: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Języka Polskiego, page 524

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        Silesian

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        Etymology

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          Inherited from Old Polish serce.

          Pronunciation

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          Noun

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          serce n

          1. (anatomy) heart (muscular organ that pumps blood through the body)
          2. (anatomy) heart (part of the chest on its left side at the level of the heart - the organ)
          3. heart (seat of emotion)
          4. heart (one's feelings and emotions, especially considered as part of one's character)

          Declension

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          Declension of serce
          singular plural
          nominative serce serca
          genitive serca serc
          dative sercu sercōm
          accusative serce serca
          instrumental sercym sercami/sercōma
          locative sercu sercach
          vocative serce serca

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