brnąć

Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *brьdnǫti[1], from Proto-Balto-Slavic *bird-[1], from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrdʰ-[1]. Cognates include Czech břednout (“to melt”)[1], Lithuanian brìsti[1][2], Albanian bredh (“to wander”)[3].

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /brnɔɲt͡ɕ/
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  • Rhymes: -ɔɲt͡ɕ
  • Syllabification: brnąć

Verb

brnąć impf

  1. (intransitive) to wade (to move with difficulty over waterlogged, muddy, sandy terrain)
    brnąć przez błoto ― to wade through mud
  2. (intransitive) to wade (to walk through something that impedes progress)
  3. (intransitive) to wade (to lead to a situation from which it is difficult to find a way out)

Conjugation

Derived terms

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References

  1. Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 66. →ISBN
  2. Brückner, Aleksander (1927), “brnąć”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna, page 40.
  3. Derksen, op. cit., page 61.

Further reading

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