brnąć

Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *brьdnǫti[1], from Proto-Balto-Slavic *bird-[1], from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrdʰ-[1]. Cognates include Czech břednout (to melt)[1], Lithuanian brìsti[1][2], Albanian bredh (to wander)[3].

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /brnɔɲt͡ɕ/
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  • Rhymes: -ɔɲt͡ɕ
  • Syllabification: brnąć

Verb

brnąć impf

  1. (intransitive) to wade (to move with difficulty over waterlogged, muddy, sandy terrain)
    brnąć przez błototo wade through mud
  2. (intransitive) to wade (to walk through something that impedes progress)
  3. (intransitive) to wade (to lead to a situation from which it is difficult to find a way out)

Conjugation

Derived terms

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References

  1. Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 66. →ISBN
  2. Brückner, Aleksander (1927), brnąć”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna, page 40.
  3. Derksen, op. cit., page 61.

Further reading

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