òddac

See also: oddać

Kashubian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *otъdàti. By surface analysis, òd- +‎ dac.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwɛddat͡s/
• Rhymes: -ɛddat͡s
• Syllabification: òd‧dac

Verb

òddac pf (imperfective òddawac)

1. (ditransitive) to give back, to return (to give to the original owner) [with dative ‘to whom’]
2. (reflexive with sã) to give oneself away (to allow external forces to decide one's fate) [with w (+ accusative) or pod (+ accusative) ‘to whom/what’]
3. (reflexive with sã) to dedicate oneself, to devote oneself (to focus all of one's energy on something) [with dative ‘to what’]
4. (reflexive with sã, of a woman) to give oneself (to allow oneself to have a sexual relation with) [with dative ‘to whom’]

Further reading

• Stefan Ramułt (1893) “wœddac”, in Słownik języka pomorskiego czyli kaszubskiego (in Kashubian), page 221
• Jan Trepczyk (1994) “odda(wa)ć”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes 1–2
• Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “oddać”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎^[1]
• “òddac”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022
• “òddac sã”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022