grzać

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *grěti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *grḗˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰr-éh₁-(ye)-ti, from *gʷʰer- (“warm, hot”).

• IPA^(key): /ɡʐat͡ɕ/

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• Rhymes: -at͡ɕ
• Syllabification: grzać

grzać impf

1. (transitive) to heat (to increase the temperature of something)

   Synonyms: nagrzewać, ogrzewać, podgrzewać

2. (transitive) to warm (to radiate heat)

   Synonym: ocieplać

3. (transitive, colloquial) to hit (to physically beat or hit, such as with one's fists)

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:bić

4. (transitive, colloquial) to shoot (i.e. from a gun)

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:bić

5. (intransitive) to go away quickly
6. (colloquial, intransitive) to drink a large amount of alcohol

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pić

7. (reflexive with się) to be heated
8. (reflexive with się) to be mulled
9. (reflexive with się) to be sweaty or become moist
10. (reflexive with się) to be ruined as a result of too high a temperature
11. (reflexive with się) to fight with someone (physically)
12. (reflexive with się, of animals) to be in heat (to be sexually aroused)

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