Masurian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Polish pokazać. By surface analysis, po- +‎ kázacz.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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pokázacz pf (imperfective pokazÿwacz or pokazowacz)

  1. (ditransitive) to show; to point (to display, to have somebody see (something); sometimes with a gesture or one's finger, etc.) [+dative = (to) whom]
  2. (ditransitive) to show (to indicate (a fact) to be true; to demonstrate) [+dative = (to) whom]
  3. (transitive) to achieve, to accomplish (to indicate (a fact) to be true; to demonstrate) [+dative = (to) whom]
  4. (reflexive with szie) to show (to appear; to become visible)
  5. (reflexive with szie) to show; to show oneself; to show up (to come somewhere to meet with others)
  6. (reflexive-się, sometimes impersonal) to show; to turn out; to reveal oneself as (to become known after some time)

Further reading

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  • Zofia Stamirowska (1987-2024) “pokazać, pokazać się”, in Anna Basara, editor, Słownik gwar Ostródzkiego, Warmii i Mazur[1], volume 6, Zakład Narodowy im. Ossolińskich Wydawnictwo Polskiej Akademii Nauk, →ISBN, page 193