Polish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Of dialectal origin, originally meaning "dry remains or discarded plant material." Perhaps related to badyl. Further etymology uncertain.

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -ɛvjɛ
  • Syllabification: ba‧dzie‧wie

Noun

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badziewie n

  1. (colloquial, derogatory) piece of crud, crap (something of low quality)
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:badziewie
  2. (Chełmno-Dobrzyń) pieces of straw, brushwood in a yard, in garbage dump, or on a riverbank washed up by the water

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Further reading

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  • badziewie in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • badziewie in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Gustaw Pobłocki (1887) “badziewie”, in Słownik kaszubski z dodatkiem idyotyzmów chełmińskich i kociewskich (in Polish), 2 edition, Chełmno, page 127