siedzieć

Meaning

1. to sit (to be positioned on one's buttocks)
2. to sit (to have one's weight on the buttocks or on one's hind legs)
3. to sit (to stop flight somewhere)
4. to sit (to be strongly fastened somewhere; to be positioned)
5. (colloquial) to hang out (to spend some time somewhere)
6. (colloquial) to serve time, to be in for (to serve a prison sentence)
7. (colloquial) to be engaged in something
8. (colloquial) to distrain (to seize somebody's property in place of, or to force, payment of a debt)
9. to reside (to take residence somewhere permanently)
10. (colloquial) to work (to have some position somewhere)
11. (colloquial) to sit on (to have in one's possession)

Hyphenated as

sie‧dzieć

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɕɛ.d͡ʑɛt͡ɕ/

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish siedzieć. Cognates include Latvian sēdēt, Lithuanian sėdėti and Latin sedeō.

Sentences

" Co to za rozkosz siedzieć na koniu i mieć broń w ręku !"

“What a pleasure to sit on a horse with a gun in your hand!”