chwytać

Influenced by the now dialectal word chytać, from Proto-Slavic *xytati, and the now obsolete word chwatać, from Proto-Slavic *xvatati.

• IPA^(key): /ˈxfɘ.tat͡ɕ/

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• Rhymes: -ɘtat͡ɕ
• Syllabification: chwy‧tać

chwytać impf (perfective chwycić)

1. (transitive) to grab, to seize, to grasp (to take hold of quickly)
2. (transitive) to catch, to trap (e.g. an animal)
3. (transitive) to catch, to apprehend (a criminal)
4. (transitive) to take up, to employ (to pick up with the intention of using)
5. (transitive) to take, to grab, to make the most of (e.g. a chance, an opportunity)
6. (transitive) to sense, to notice, to perceive
7. (transitive, colloquial) to get, to grasp, to understand
8. (intransitive, colloquial) to take, to catch on (to become accepted)
9. (reflexive with się) to grab oneself, to grasp oneself
10. (reflexive with się) to catch oneself, to notice one's behaviour
11. (reflexive with się) to hold on, to keep one's balance by holding
12. (reflexive with się) to get into, to throw oneself into, to become interested in

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