niechać
Polish
editEtymology
editInherited from Old Polish niechać, from Proto-Slavic *nexati, from *xajati. Cognate to Czech nechat, Slovene nẹ̑hati and Ukrainian неха́ти (nexáty).
Pronunciation
editVerb
editniechać impf or pf
- (transitive, obsolete) to desist, to forbear [with genitive ‘from something’]
- Synonyms: (imperfective) odstępować, (perfective) odstąpić, (imperfective) zaprzestawać, (perfective) zaprzestać
Conjugation
editImperfective:
Perfective:
Derived terms
editverbs
noun
particles
Further reading
edit- niechaj in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- niechać in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- Wanda Decyk-Zięba, editor (2018-2022), “niechać”, in Dydaktyczny Słownik Etymologiczno-historyczny Języka Polskiego [A Didactic, Historical, Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), →ISBN
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- Rhymes:Polish/ɛxat͡ɕ
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