mierzyć

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈmjɛ.ʐɨt͡ɕ/

• Audio 1, mierzyć

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• Audio 2, mierzyć się

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• Rhymes: -ɛʐɨt͡ɕ
• 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 [+ do (genitive) = at whom or what] (to point or direct at)

   Synonyms: celować, godzić

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

   Synonyms: kierować się, zdążać

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

   Synonym: kierować się

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

    Synonym: próbować się

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

    Synonym: zamierzać się

• mierzyć in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• mierzyć in Polish dictionaries at PWN