pokraczać

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Polish

Etymology

From pokroczyć +‎ -ać. First attested in 1560.

Pronunciation

Verb

pokraczać impf (perfective pokroczyć)

  1. (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

noun

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]