mamrać

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Polish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mr̥mъrati

Pronunciation

Verb

mamrać impf (perfective rozmamrać)

  1. (transitive, Far Masovian) to jumble (to make a mess of something)
    Mamrze w potrawach. (Far Masovian)He/she is making a mess of the meal.
  2. (transitive, Chełmno-Dobrzyń, Far Masovian) to mumble (to speak unclearly)
    Co tam mamrzes pod nosem? (Far Masovian)What are you mumbling under your breath over there?

Further reading

  • Antoni Waga (1860) “mamrać”, 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 754
  • Wojciech Grzegorzewicz (1894) “mamrać”, in Sprawozdania Komisji Językowej Akademii Umiejętności (in Polish), volume 5, Krakow: Akademia Umiejętności, page 113
  • Gustaw Pobłocki (1887) “mamrać”, in Słownik kaszubski z dodatkiem idyotyzmów chełmińskich i kociewskich (in Polish), 2 edition, Chełmno, page 135