bazgrać

Polish

Etymology

Uncertain. According to Bańkowski, it is from a dialectal variation of parskać with metathesis of rs > sr and voicing of paskr > bazgr.[1] According to Boryś, it is a variation of skrabać/skrobać.[2] According to Brückner, it is from Russian баго́р (bagór).[3]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbaz.ɡrat͡ɕ/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -azɡrat͡ɕ
  • Syllabification: baz‧grać

Verb

bazgrać impf (perfective nabazgrać)

  1. (transitive, colloquial, derogatory) to scrawl, to scribble, to doodle (to write or draw unclearly)
    Synonyms: pisać jak kura pazurem, bazgrolić, gryzmolić, mazać, smarować

Conjugation

Derived terms

nouns
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References

  1. Andrzej Bańkowski (2000) Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego (in Polish)
  2. Boryś, Wiesław (2005) Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN
  3. Brückner, Aleksander (1927), bazgrać”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna

Further reading

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