afektować

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French affecter + -ować.[1][2] By surface analysis, afekt + -ować. First attested in 1594.[3]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.fɛkˈtɔ.vat͡ɕ/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔvat͡ɕ
  • Syllabification: a‧fek‧to‧wać

Verb

afektować impf

  1. (transitive) to affect, to overact, to act histrionically (to be excessive in showing one's emotions)
    Synonym: przesadzać
  2. (transitive) to affect (to cause or show great emotion or interest, to move to emotion)
  3. (transitive, Middle Polish) to desire, to wish [16th–18th c.][4]
  4. (transitive, Middle Polish) to declare, to state, to present [18th c.][4]
  5. (transitive, obsolete) to affect, to like (to tend to by affinity or disposition) [+ w (locative) = what] [16th–19 c.][5][4]
  6. (reflexive) to be affected (to experience great emotion or interest, to be moved to emotion)

Conjugation

Derived terms

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References

  1. Mirosław Bańko; Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
  2. Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), afektować”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN
  3. afektować”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish], 2010-2022
  4. Renata Bronikowska (2018), NU”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]
  5. Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), afektować”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN

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