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Polish
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *gъrstь.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -arɕt͡ɕ
- Syllabification: garść
Noun
garść f (diminutive garstka)
- grasp, grip (hand understood as a tool to hold something in it)
- Łopatę w garść i do roboty! ― Grab the spade and get to work!
2013, O.S.T.R., Hades (lyrics and music), “Mam dość”, in Haos, Asfalt Records:Myślę, widząc pustostany na tle biurowców ze szkła / Oby szlag je trafił, biorę w garść miedziaki / Tyle mam, mogę tym cisnąć prosto w twarz bogatym- I think, seeing the vacant buildings in the background of the glass office buildings / Damn them all, I'm taking the coppers in hand / I have so much, I can throw it right in the face of rich people.
- fistful, handful (amount that can be held in a closed fist)
- (Far Masovian, agriculture) pile of harvested grain in a field before it is tied into sheaves
- Synonym: furman
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Further reading
- garść in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- garść in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- Antoni Waga (1860) “furman”, in “Abecadłowy spis wyrazów ludowego języka w okolicach Łomży, Wizny i przyległych”, in Kazimierz Władysław Wóycicki, editor, Biblioteka Warszawska (in Polish), volume 2, Warsaw, page 751