wziąść
Polish
editEtymology
editBy influence of words such as usiąść and przysiąść. First attested in the 16th century.[1]
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /vʑɔɲɕt͡ɕ/
- (Middle Polish) IPA(key): /ˈvʑɔ̃ɕt͡ɕ/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ɔɲɕt͡ɕ
- Syllabification: wziąść
Verb
editwziąść pf
- (transitive, proscribed) Nonstandard form of wziąć.
- 1834, Adam Mickiewicz, Pan Tadeusz[1], page 18:
- Zamku żaden wziąść nie chciał, bo w szlacheckim stanie
trudno było wyłożyć koszt na utrzymanie.- None wished to take the castle, for a plain
Esquire it was too costly to maintain.
- None wished to take the castle, for a plain
References
editFurther reading
edit- wziąść in Polish dictionaries at PWN