śmigać
Polish
editEtymology
editFrom a phonetic variant of Proto-Slavic *svigati.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editśmigać impf (perfective śmignąć)
- (intransitive) to zip, to zoom, to scoot
- (intransitive) to quickly wave or move [with instrumental ‘something held in one's hand’]
- 1987 (first published 1946), Wojciech Żukrowski, Z kraju milczenia[1], Czytelnik, archived from the original on 2022-06-19, page 37:
- Zaczął śmigać długą, wierzbową witką, odpędzając zielone, błyszczące muchy...
- He started to quickly wave a long willow twig, warding off the green, shining flies...
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