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Polish
Etymology
Uncertain. First attested in 1650 as rwentesy. Perhaps from school slang, influenced by Latin ruentēs, present participle of ruō.[1]
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɛtɛs
- Syllabification: rwe‧tes
Noun
rwetes m inan
- (colloquial or dialectal, Far Masovian) hullabaloo, hustle
- Synonyms: harmider, rozgardiasz, wrzawa, zamęt, zamieszanie
Declension
References
- ^ Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “rwetes”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
Further reading
- rwetes in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- rwetes in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- Antoni Waga (1860) “rwetes”, 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 757
- Wojciech Grzegorzewicz (1894) “rwetes”, in Sprawozdania Komisji Językowej Akademii Umiejętności (in Polish), volume 5, Krakow: Akademia Umiejętności, page 121