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Kashubian
Etymology
Borrowed from German Geschäft.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡɛˈʃɛft/
- Rhymes: -ɛft
- Syllabification: ge‧szeft
Noun
geszeft m inan
- interest, business, affair (something to deal with or take care of)
- Synonym: jinteres
- interest, business (profitable venture)
Declension
Further reading
- Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “interest”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi
- “geszeft”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from German Geschäft, from Middle High German gescheft, from Old High German giscaft, from Proto-West Germanic *gaskafti, from Proto-Germanic *gaskaftiz. Compare English gesheft, Yiddish געשעפֿט (gesheft).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡɛˈʂɛft/
- Rhymes: -ɛʂɛft
- Syllabification: ge‧szeft
Noun
geszeft m inan (diminutive geszefcik)
- (business, colloquial, dated, derogatory) unfair business
- Synonym: szwindel
- small-scale venture
- Hypernym: interes
- (archaic) tiny store
- Hypernym: interes
Declension
Derived terms
Further reading
- geszeft in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- geszeft in Polish dictionaries at PWN