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Kashubian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *voliti with a shift of -ić to -eć.
Pronunciation
Verb
wòlec impf
- (intransitive) to prefer (to be in the habit of choosing something rather than something else; to favor; to like better)
- (auxiliary, intransitive) to prefer; rather (to want to do something or for something to happen)
Further reading
- Stefan Ramułt (1893) “wœlec”, in Słownik języka pomorskiego czyli kaszubskiego (in Kashubian), page 226
- Sychta, Bernard (1973) “volec”, in Słownik gwar kaszubskich [Dictionary of Kashubian dialects] (in Polish), volumes 6 (U – Ž), Wrocław: Ossolineum, page 97
- Jan Trepczyk (1994) “woleć”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes 1–2
- Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “woleć”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi
- “wòlec”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022