żwać

See also: zwać

Old Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *žьvàti.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

żwać impf (perfective rozżwać)

  1. (transitive) to chew, to masticate
    • 1930 [c. 1455], “Num”, in Ludwik Bernacki, editor, Biblia królowej Zofii (Biblia szaroszpatacka), 22, 4:
      Tak sgladzi ten to lvd wszistek..., kakos iest obykl wol bile szwacz asz do ko[r]zenya (herbas usque ad radices carpere)
      [Tak zgładzi ten to lud wszystek..., kakoż jest obykł woł byle żwać aż do ko[r]zenia (herbas usque ad radices carpere)]

Descendants

  • Polish: żuć

References

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