pielęgnować

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from German pflegen + -ować.[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pjɛ.lɛŋˈɡnɔ.vat͡ɕ/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔvat͡ɕ
  • Syllabification: pie‧lęg‧no‧wać

Verb

pielęgnować impf

  1. (transitive) to nurse (to care for the sick)
  2. (transitive) to care for (to attend to the needs of)
  3. (transitive) to nurture, to cultivate

Conjugation

References

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

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