zawżdy
Polish
editEtymology
editUniverbation of za + wżdy.
Pronunciation
editAdverb
editzawżdy (not comparable)
- (archaic) always
- Synonym: zawsze
- 1823, Adam Mickiewicz, Grażyna:
- Tak zawżdy było w Litwie i na Żmudzi;
Jeśli nie wierzysz, pytaj starych ludzi.- It has always been like that in Lithuania and Samogitia;
If you don't believe it, ask the old people.
- It has always been like that in Lithuania and Samogitia;
- 1909, Stanisław Reymont, Chłopi, Jesień, chapter 11:
- [...] a tyś gospodarska córka z dziada pradziada, nie żadne miejskie pomietło, toś robić winna, jak Pan Bóg przykazał, jak zawżdy w naszym gospodarskim stanie się robiło... Znam ja te miejskie wymysły, znam... jeszcze nikomu one na zdrowie nie wyszły!
- [...] and you're a farmer's daughter, like your grandfather and great-grandfather, and not some doormat from the city, so you should do as the Lord commanded, as they've always done in a farming life like ours... I know these city ideas, I know them... they haven't turned out to anyone's benefit yet!
Related terms
editadverb
Descendants
editFurther reading
edit- zawżdy in Polish dictionaries at PWN