azać

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Old Polish

Etymology

From aza +‎ . First attested in c. 1500.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /azaːt͡ɕ/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /azɒt͡ɕ/

Particle

azać

  1. interrogative particle: introduces a yes-no question
    • Middle of the 15th century, Rozmyślanie o żywocie Pana Jezusa, pages 793–794:
      Pilat... odpowiedział...: Azaciem ja Żyd (numquid ego Judaeus sum Jo 18, 35)?
      [Piłat... odpowiedział...: Azaciem ja Żyd (numquid ego Judaeus sum Jo 18, 35)?]

Derived terms

conjunction

Descendants

  • Polish: azać

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), “azać”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish azać. By surface analysis, aza +‎ .

Pronunciation

Particle

azać

  1. (Middle Polish or Far Masovian) interrogative particle: introduces a yes-no question
    Azać ja co dzień bede pas bydło? (Far Masovian)Will I be feeding the livestock every day?
  2. (Middle Polish) expresses uncertainty; maybe, perhaps

Further reading

  • Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “azać”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
  • Wojciech Grzegorzewicz (1894) “azać”, in Sprawozdania Komisji Językowej Akademii Umiejętności (in Polish), volume 5, Krakow: Akademia Umiejętności, page 102