postanawiać
Polish edit
Etymology edit
From postanowić + -ać.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
postanawiać impf (perfective postanowić)
- (transitive) to decide, to resolve, to choose (to make a decision) [+infinitive = to do what] [+ o (locative) = on what]
- Synonym: decydować
- (transitive, obsolete) to issue a resolution, ordinance, or ban
- (transitive, obsolete) to appoint, to name, to put into office
- (transitive, obsolete) to determine or manage someone's stay, life, or situation; to ensure someone's maintenance or position
- (transitive, obsolete) to marry, to give away (to cause to become married)
- (transitive, obsolete) to create (to cause to be)
- Synonym: stwarzać
- (reflexive with się, obsolete) to determine or manage one's own stay, life, or situation; to ensure one's own maintenance or position
- (reflexive with się, obsolete) to be married, to be given away (to become married)
- (reflexive with się, obsolete) to be appointed, to be nameed; to be managed
- (reflexive with się, obsolete) to be issued
- (reflexive with się, obsolete) to be decided, to be resolved, to be chosen
- (reflexive with się, obsolete) to become
- Synonyms: stawać się, zostawać
- (reflexive with się, obsolete, hunting, of a dog) to be trained; to learn
Conjugation edit
Further reading edit
- postanawiać in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- postanawiać in Polish dictionaries at PWN