żreć
See also: žrec
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *žerti (stem *žьr-),[1] from Proto-Balto-Slavic *gerˀtei (“devour, lap up”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷerh₃- (“devour”).
Baltic cognates include Lithuanian gerti (“to drink”), Latvian dzer̂t (“to drink”).
Indo-European cognates include Old English acworren, Proto-Germanic *kwerraną (“devour”), Avestan 𐬔𐬀𐬭- (gar-, “swallow up”), Old Armenian կերի (keri, “I ate”), Ancient Greek βιβρώσκω (bibrṓskō, “eat up”), βορά (borá, “food”), Latin vorō (“I devour”), Sanskrit गिरति (giráti, “devour”). See also gardło (“throat”) and źródło (“source”).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
żreć impf
- (transitive, colloquial, of animals) to consume, to eat, to ingest
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:jeść
- (transitive, colloquial, derogatory, of people) to devour, to gobble, to gorge, to stuff oneself (to eat greedily)
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:jeść
- (transitive, colloquial, of devices) to eat up (to consume excessively some resources of energy or money)
- Synonym: zżerać
- żreć prąd ― to eat up electricity
- (transitive, colloquial, of rust and chemical substances) to gnaw (to corrode; to fret away; to waste)
- (transitive, colloquial, of feelings and sensations) to eat away at (to take over and torment someone)
- (transitive, colloquial) to sting (to puncture with the stinger)
- (transitive, colloquial) to cause a burning sensation
- (intransitive, colloquial) to proceed in a successful and prosperous manner
- (reflexive with się, colloquial) to bite one another
- Synonym: gryźć się
- (reflexive with się, colloquial) to not match, to not fit together
- Synonym: gryźć się
- (reflexive with się, colloquial, derogatory) to quarrel, to wrangle
- Synonyms: czubić się, gryźć się, kłócić się, sprzeczać się, ujadać się, użerać się, zżerać się
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References edit
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 559. →ISBN