bicz

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Masurian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish być.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Syllabification: bicz

Verb

bicz impf (frequentative biwacz)

  1. (intransitive, copulative) to be indicates sameness or membership in a class
  2. (intransitive, copulative) to be indicates existence or living
  3. (intransitive) to be (to reside)
  4. (intransitive) to be (to find oneself in a particular situation)
  5. (intransitive) to be (to happen at a particular time)
  6. (intransitive) to be (to participate in)
  7. (intransitive) to be (to occur or arise)
  8. (intransitive) used in imperfective future constructions
  9. (intransitive) to be used in passive constructions
  10. (intransitive) used with some impersonal verbs
  11. (intransitive) used as a verb verbalizing the action content contained in the subject

Further reading

  • Zofia Stamirowska (1987-2021) “być”, in Anna Basara, editor, Słownik gwar Ostródzkiego, Warmii i Mazur‎, volume 1, Zakład Narodowy im. Ossolińskich Wydawnictwo Polskiej Akademii Nauk, →ISBN, page 153

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish bicz, from Proto-Slavic *bičь, from *bìti. Doublet of pejcz (“horsewhip, quirt”), a borrowing from German. By surface analysis, bić +‎ -cz.

Pronunciation

Noun

bicz m inan (diminutive biczyk, augmentative biczysko)

  1. whip (a flexible instrument, commonly made of leather, used to create a sharp "crack" sound for directing or herding animals)
    Synonyms: bat, batog, kańczug, nahaj, nahajka
    rzemienny/skórzany bicz ― a leather whip
    trzask bicza ― the crack of a whip
    chłostać/wychłostać biczem ― to whip
    smagać/smagnąć biczem ― to lash with a whip
    uderzać/uderzyć biczem ― to hit with a whip

Declension

Declension of bicz
singular plural
nominative bicz bicze
genitive bicza biczy/biczów
dative biczowi biczom
accusative bicz bicze
instrumental biczem biczami
locative biczu biczach
vocative biczu bicze

Derived terms

adjectives
adverb
nouns
proverb
verbs

Related terms

verb

Further reading

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