Old Polish edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *počivati.

Pronunciation edit

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

Verb edit

poczywać impf

  1. (intransitive) to rest, to take a rest
    Synonym: próźnić
    • 1949 [c. 1270], Roman Grodecki, transl., Księga Henrykowska[1], Silesia, page 24r:
      Sine, ut ego etiam molam, hoc est in Polonico: Day, *ut ia pobrusa, a ti poziwai
      [Sine, ut ego etiam molam, hoc est in Polonico: Daj, ać ja pobruszę, a ty poczywaj]

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