bobrować

Polish

Etymology

From bóbr + -ować. First attested in 1585.[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɔbˈrɔ.vat͡ɕ/
  • Rhymes: -ɔvat͡ɕ
  • Syllabification: bob‧ro‧wać

Verb

bobrować impf

  1. (hunting, intransitive, of animals) to search for food while wading in water
  2. (literary, intransitive, of people) to ferret, to search for something turning things over in the process

Conjugation

Derived terms

verb
  • (rare) zbobrować pf
adjectives
nouns

References

  1. bobrować”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish], 2010-2022
  2. bobrować in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego

Further reading

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