Masurian edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Old Polish przestać (to stop). By surface analysis, prże- +‎ stacz (to happen).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈpr̝ɛstat͡ʃ]
  • Syllabification: prże‧stacz

Verb edit

prżestacz pf (imperfective prżestajacz or prżestawacz)

  1. (auxiliary, intransitive) to stop doing something, to desist, to leave off; to quit
  2. (intransitive, of diseases, phenomena) to stop, to end

Further reading edit

  • Zofia Stamirowska (1987-2024) “przestać”, in Anna Basara, editor, Słownik gwar Ostródzkiego, Warmii i Mazur[1], volume 7, Zakład Narodowy im. Ossolińskich Wydawnictwo Polskiej Akademii Nauk, →ISBN, page 79