łgać
Polish
editEtymology
editInherited from Proto-Slavic *lъgàti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *lugtei, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂lugʰ-yé-ti, from *h₂lewgʰ-.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editłgać impf (perfective zełgać)
- (intransitive, derogatory) to lie (to give false information intentionally with intent to deceive)
- Hypernym: kłamać
- (transitive, archaic) to feign, to simulate
Conjugation
editStandard:
Proscribed non-standard:
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editadjective
nouns
Further reading
edit- łgać in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- łgać in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- Wanda Decyk-Zięba, editor (2018-2022), “łgać”, in Dydaktyczny Słownik Etymologiczno-historyczny Języka Polskiego [A Didactic, Historical, Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), →ISBN
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