nawoływać

Polish

Etymology

From na- + wołać + -ywać.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /na.vɔˈwɨ.vat͡ɕ/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɨvat͡ɕ
  • Syllabification: na‧wo‧ły‧wać

Verb

nawoływać impf

  1. (transitive, literary) to call out, to hail (to cry or shout)
    nawoływać kogoś po imieniuto call somebody by their name
  2. (transitive, literary) to exhort, to urge [+ do (genitive) = to something]
  3. (reflexive, of people) to hail each other (to call out repeatedly to each other)
  4. (reflexive, of animals) to call (to make a distinctive voice or sound intended to persuade another individual to come)

Conjugation

Further reading

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