dąć

See also: DAC, daC, dac, dać, đạc, đặc, and đác

Polish

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *dǫ̀ti[1], from Proto-Balto-Slavic *domʔtei; dumʔtei[1], from Proto-Indo-European *dʰ(o)mH-[1]. Cognate with Czech dout[1], Serbo-Croatian ду̏ти/dȕti[1], Russian дуть (dutʹ)[1], Lithuanian dùmti (“to blow; to rush”)[1][2], dùmplės (“bellows”)[2], Sanskrit धमति (dhámati)[1][2] and German dämpfen[2], Dampf (“vapour”)[2].

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dɔɲt͡ɕ/

Verb

dąć impf (perfective zadąć)

  1. to blow, to push air into a horn-like wind instrument with one's mouth
  2. (literary) to blow, to produce an air current
  3. (archaic) to be boastful

Conjugation

Synonyms

  • (to be boastful): pysznić się

(verbs):

Derived terms
  • (adjective) dęty

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 114-115. →ISBN
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Brückner, Aleksander (1927) Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna, published 1985, page 86

Further reading

  • dąć in Polish dictionaries at PWN (retrieved 23 June 2015)
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