czwarzyć

Polish

Etymology

Uncertain. First attested in the 17th century.[1]

  • Bańkowski proposes a clipping of unattested koczwarzyć, from koczwara.[2]
  • Falowski proposes it is inherited from Proto-Slavic *čvariti, with further uncertain etymology, tying it to *kvariti, *skvariti, *skverti, *skvьrna, which would make the world ultimately of onomatopoeic origin.[3]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʂfa.ʐɨt͡ɕ/
  • Rhymes: -aʐɨt͡ɕ
  • Syllabification: czwa‧rzyć

Verb

czwarzyć impf

  1. (intransitive or reflexive, regional, colloquial) to pretend
    Synonyms: udawać, zmyślać

Conjugation

References

  1. Grzegorz Knapski (1644), czwarzyć”, in Thesavri Polonolatinograeci Gregorii Cnapii (in Polish), Cracoviae: Sumptu & Typis Francisci Caesarij
  2. Andrzej Bańkowski (2000) Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego (in Polish)
  3. Adam Fałowski (2022) Słownik etymologiczny polszczyzny potocznej, Warszawa: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN, →ISBN

Further reading

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