żdać

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See also: zdać, and żdac

Old Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *žьdàti.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

żdać impf

  1. (attested in Lesser Poland) to wait; to await
    Synonym: czakać
    • 1939 [end of the 14th century], Ryszard Ganszyniec, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Kubica, Ludwik Bernacki, editors, Psałterz florjański łacińsko-polsko-niemiecki [Sankt Florian Psalter]‎, Krakow: Zakład Narodowy imienia Ossolińskich, z zasiłkiem Sejmu Śląskiego [The Ossoliński National Institute: with the benefit of the Silesian Parliament], page 118:
      Szdal gesm zbawena twego (exspectabam salutare tuum), gospodne
      [Żdał jeśm zbawienia twego (exspectabam salutare tuum), Gospodnie]

Derived terms

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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), “żdać”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN