szybować

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from German schieben + -ować, from Middle High German schieben, from Old High German skioban, from Proto-Germanic *skeubaną, from Proto-Indo-European *skewbʰ-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʂɨˈbɔ.vat͡ɕ/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔvat͡ɕ
  • Syllabification: szy‧bo‧wać

Verb

szybować impf (perfective poszybować)

  1. (intransitive) to glide, to soar (to fly unpowered, as of an aircraft)
  2. (intransitive, of birds) to soar (to mount upward on wings, or as on wings, especially by gliding while employing rising air currents)

Conjugation

Derived terms

adjectives
  • szybowcowy
  • szybowniczy
nouns

Further reading

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