żreć
See also: žrec
Polish
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *žerti (stem *žьr-)[1], from Proto-Balto-Slavic *gerˀtei (“devour, lap up”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷerh₃- (“devour”).
Baltic cognates include Lithuanian gerti (“to drink”), Latvian dzer̂t (“to drink”).
Indo-European cognates include Old English acworren, Proto-Germanic *kwerraną (“devour”), Avestan 𐬔𐬀𐬭- (gar-, “swallow up”), Old Armenian կերի (keri, “I ate”), Ancient Greek βιβρώσκω (bibrṓskō, “eat up”), βορά (borá, “food”), Latin vorō (“I devour”), Sanskrit गिरति (giráti, “devour”). See also gardło (“throat”) and źródło (“source”).
Pronunciation
Verb
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- (colloquial, derogatory) to gorge, to stuff oneself, to eat greedily, to devour, to gobble
- to eat (of animals)
Conjugation
Derived terms
verbs derived from żreć
- żreć się impf
- dożerać impf / dożreć pf
- nadżerać impf / nadeżreć pf
- nażreć się pf
- obżerać się impf / obeżreć się pf
- podżerać impf / podeżreć pf
- pożerać impf / pożreć pf
- przeżerać impf / przeżreć pf
- użerać (się) impf / użreć (się) pf
- wyżerać impf / wyżreć pf
- zażerać impf / zażreć pf
- zżerać impf / zeżreć pf
nouns derived from żreć
- (adjectives) żarłoczny, żrący
- (adverbs) żarłocznie, żrąco
References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 559. →ISBN
Further reading
- żreć in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- Template:R:PWN
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