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Polish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Polish zmietać, zmiotać. By surface analysis, z- + miotać. Compare Russian смета́ть (smetátʹ), Serbo-Croatian сме́тати.
Pronunciation
Verb
zmiotać pf (imperfective zmiotować)
- (transitive, Middle Polish) to bespread, to overspread, to scatter about
- Synonyms: narzucić, nasypać
Further reading
- Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “zmiotać”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]