Masurian

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Etymology

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Regularization of Old Polish .

Pronunciation

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Verb

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iszcz impf (determinate, perfective pójszcz, indeterminate chodżicz)

  1. (intransitive, of people or animals) to go; to walk
  2. (intransitive) to go (to locate to do) [with infinitive ‘to do what’]
  3. (intransitive) to go (to enter a particular situation)
  4. (intransitive) to get married [with za (+ accusative) or za (+ instrumental) ‘with whom’]
  5. (intransitive) to go (to attend or be somewhere)
  6. (intransitive) to get married [with za (+ accusative) or za (+ instrumental) ‘with whom’]
  7. (intransitive) to serve specific ideals, to support, to align with whom [with za (+ accusative or instrumental) or (rarely) z (+ instrumental) ‘with whom’]
  8. (intransitive) to go for (to be enticed by) [with na (+ accusative) ‘for what’]
  9. (intransitive or impersonal) to go, to come, to come along (to be successful)
  10. (intransitive) to go (to happen)
  11. (intransitive or impersonal) to head; to be in for; to come
  12. (intransitive) to spread; to leave
  13. (intransitive) to come from (to originate from)
  14. (intransitive) to go down; to drop downward
  15. (intransitive, of vehicles) to go, to move
  16. (intransitive, of machines) to run, to work (to be operating or functioning)
  17. (intransitive) to be designated for
  18. (intransitive, of dough) to rise, to grow
  19. (impersonal) to mean, to be on about; to have in mind [with dative ‘who, i.e. the subject of the English sentence’] [with za (+ accusative) ‘(about) who or what/what in mind’]
    Synonym: chodżicz

Further reading

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  • Zofia Stamirowska (1987-2024) “iść”, in Anna Basara, editor, Słownik gwar Ostródzkiego, Warmii i Mazur, volume 3, Zakład Narodowy im. Ossolińskich Wydawnictwo Polskiej Akademii Nauk, →ISBN, pages 45-51