usic

Old English

Alternative forms

• usich, usig — Northubmrian

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *unsik (“us”) with *-ik added by analogy with *mek. Cognate with Old Saxon ūsik (“us”), Old High German unsih (“us”), Gothic 𐌿𐌽𐍃𐌹𐍃 (unsis, “us”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈuː.sit͡ʃ/, [ˈuː.zit͡ʃ]

Pronoun

ūsiċ

1. accusative of wē
2. reflexive of wē

Polish

Pronunciation

• (Lesser Poland):
  • (Masovian Borderland) IPA^(key): [ˈu.ɕit͡s]

Verb

usic pf

1. (transitive, Masovian Borderland, of grass) alternative form of usiec

Further reading

• Małgorzata Kapusta (2017), “siec”, in Mowa mieszkańców pogranicza Mazowsza (na przykładzie gminy Głowaczów w powiecie kozienickim) (in Polish), Warsaw: Elipsa, →ISBN, page 85