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Old Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /d͡ʑɛ(ː)vat͡ɕ/
- IPA(key): (15th CE) /d͡ʑɛvat͡ɕ/, /d͡ʑevat͡ɕ/
Verb
dziewać impf
- Alternative form of ziewać (“to yawn”)
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), “ziewać, dziewać”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN
Polish
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *děvati.
Pronunciation
Verb
dziewać impf
- (reflexive with się, Middle Polish) to happen, to take place
- Synonyms: dziać się, odbywać się, zdarzać się
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