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Polish
Etymology
From pokroczyć + -ać. First attested in 1560.
Pronunciation
Verb
pokraczać impf (perfective pokroczyć)
- (intransitive, Middle Polish) to step; to go
- Synonym: kroczyć
1560, M. Rej, Wizerunk, page 46:A wſzákże iednák nie źle przedſię ſobie tuſzył/ Nadobnie pokracżáiąc do domu ſie ruſzył.- [A wszakże jednak nie źle przedsię sobie tuszył/ Nadobnie pokraczájąc do domu sie ruszył.]
- And yet he didn't promise himself wrongly/ While beautifully stepping he heads home.
Derived terms
References
- Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “pokraczać”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]