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Old Polish
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *žьvàti.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /ʒʲvat͡ɕ/
- IPA(key): (15th CE) /ʒʲvat͡ɕ/
Verb
żwać impf (perfective rozżwać)
- to chew, to masticate
1930 [c. 1455], “Num”, in Ludwik Bernacki, editor, Biblia królowej Zofii (Biblia szaroszpatacka), 22, 4:Tak sgladzi ten to lvd wszistek..., kakos iest obykl wol bile szwacz asz do ko[r]zenya (herbas usque ad radices carpere)- [Tak zgładzi ten to lud wszystek..., kakoż jest obykł woł byle żwać aż do ko[r]zenia (herbas usque ad radices carpere)]
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References
- B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “żwać”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN