rwetes

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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

 
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  • Rhymes: -ɛtɛs
  • Syllabification: rwe‧tes

Noun

rwetes m inan

  1. (colloquial or dialectal, Far Masovian) hullabaloo, hustle
    Synonyms: harmider, rozgardiasz, wrzawa, zamęt, zamieszanie

Declension

References

  1. ^ 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