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Polish
Etymology
From giełk + -ać.
Pronunciation
Verb
giełkać impf
- (reflexive with się, Chełmno-Dobrzyń) to gossip; to chatter (to loudly and often jokingly talk about others with someone, especially of the opposite sex)
- Ciągle się z nim giełkujesz, a pracy nie pilnujesz. ― You're constantly gossiping with him and not attending to your work.
Further reading
- Antoni Krasnowolski (1879) “giełkać”, in Album uczącéj się młodzieży polskiéj poświęcone Józefowi Ignacemu Kraszewskiemu z powodu jubileuszu jego pięćdziesięcioletniéj działalności literackiéj (in Polish), Lviv: Czytelni Akademickiéj Lwowskiéj; "Gaz. Narod." J. Dobrzańskiego i K. Gromana, Słowniczek prowincjalizmów zebranych w ziemi chełmińskiej i świeckiej, page 302