zwonić

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word zwonić. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word zwonić, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say zwonić in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word zwonić you have here. The definition of the word zwonić will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofzwonić, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

Old Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *zvoniti.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /zvɔɲit͡ɕ/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /zvɔɲit͡ɕ/

Verb

zwonić impf

  1. to make a sound; to tinkle, to clink, to jingle
    • 1451-1455, Legenda o świętym Aleksym, line 195:
      Thv szą wyelky dzyw sstal: szamy szwony szwonyli
      [Tu się wielki dziw zstał, samy zwony zwoniły]
  2. to ring a bell
    • 1911 [XV p. post.], Ludwik Bernacki, editor, Karta z "Rozmyślania o życiu Pana Jezusa", page 474:
      Tedy Pylat... kazal zwonycz y w traby trabycz
      [Tedy Piłat... kazał zwonić i w trąby trąbić]
nouns

Descendants

  • Polish: dzwonić
  • Silesian: zwōnić

References

  • B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “(dzwonić) zwonić”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN