zażec

Old Polish

FWOTD – 28 December 2021

Etymology

From za- + żec (to burn, incinerate).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /zaʒʲɛt͡s/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /zaʒʲɛt͡s/

Verb

zażec pf (imperfective zażogać)

  1. (transitive) to light, to ignite
    • c. 1470, Anonymous, Skarga umierającego (Lament of a Dying Man, trans. Michael J. Mikoś):
      Za[ż]życież mi świeczkę ale,
      Moji mili przyjaciele!
      Dusza jidzie s krwawym potem;
      Co mnie dzisia, to wam potem.
      Amen.
      At least light me a candle,
      My beloved friends;
      The soul leaves in a bloody sweat;
      What's today for me will come to you later.
      Amen.

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