kojarzyć

Uncertain, restricted to Polish with no other Slavic inherited cognates.[1] First attested in the 17th century.[2]

• Most likely from *kojarz + -yć, in turn from koić (“to soothe, to comfort”) + -arz and contamination from darzyć.[3][4][5]
• Less likely related to jarzmo,[6] however Boryś, Sławski, and Bańkowski all refute this.

• IPA^(key): /kɔˈja.ʐɨt͡ɕ/

• Audio 1, kojarzyć

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• Audio 2, kojarzyć się

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• Rhymes: -aʐɨt͡ɕ
• Syllabification: ko‧ja‧rzyć

kojarzyć impf (perfective skojarzyć)

1. (transitive) to associate [+ z (instrumental) = with what]

   Synonym: asocjować

2. (transitive, animal husbandry) to mate a pair of animals
3. (transitive) to get, to understand
4. (transitive, obsolete) to glue, to connect; to work out
5. (transitive, obsolete) to marry
6. (transitive, Middle Polish, of good events) to accompany someone
7. (reflexive with się) to remind, to make one think, to put in mind [+dative = someone] [+ z (instrumental) = of something]

   Synonym: asocjować się

8. (reflexive with się, obsolete) to be glued, to be connected; to result in

• kojarzyć in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• kojarzyć in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “kojarzyć”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861‎
• J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1902), “kojarzyć”, in Słownik języka polskiego‎ (in Polish), volume 2, Warsaw, page 391