Masurian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Old Polish nosić.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈnɔʃʲit͡ʃ]
  • Syllabification: no‧szicz

Verb edit

noszicz impf (indeterminate, imperfective determinate niészcz)

  1. (transitive) to wear (to carry or have equipped on or about one's body, as an item of clothing, equipment, decoration, etc.)
  2. (transitive) to carry; to bear (to lift (something) and take it to another place; to transport (something) by lifting)
  3. (transitive) to bring (to delivery by carrying)
  4. (transitive) to carry; to bring (to have, hold, possess or maintain (something); to use)
  5. (transitive) to carry, to bear (to have or display (a mark or other feature)
  6. (transitive, chiefly of hens) to lay an egg
  7. (transitive) to amount to (contain a certain number of units)
  8. (reflexive with szie) to dress (to wear a particular kind of clothing)
  9. (reflexive with szie) to be carried
  10. (reflexive with szie) to sway (to rock one's body to the beat of the music)

Further reading edit

  • Zofia Stamirowska (1987-2024) “nosić, nosić się”, in Anna Basara, editor, Słownik gwar Ostródzkiego, Warmii i Mazur[1], volume 4, Zakład Narodowy im. Ossolińskich Wydawnictwo Polskiej Akademii Nauk, →ISBN, pages 346-347