błagać
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Polish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old Polish błagać, from Old Czech blahati.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]błagać impf
- (transitive) to beseech, to plead, to beg [with o (+ accusative) or genitive ‘for what’, along with żeby ‘to do what’]
- Synonym: upraszać
- lud błaga ― the people are begging
- błagać litości/o litość/łaskę/miłosierdzie ― to beg for mercy
- błagać pomocy/o pomoc ― to beg for help
- błagać matkę ― to beg one's mother
- błagać ojca ― to beg one's father
- błagać papieża ― to beg the pope
- błagać policjantów ― to beg police officers
- błagać urzędników ― to beg civil servants
- błagać Boga ― to beg Bog
- błagać bogów ― to beg gods
- błagać Pana ― to beg the Lord
- błagać o jałmużnę ― to beg for alms
- błagać o ratunek ― to beg for rescue
- błagać o przebaczenie/wybaczenie ― to beg for forgiveness
- błagać o rozgrzeszenie ― to beg for absolution
- błagać o życie ― to beg for one's life
- błagać z płaczem ― to beg in tears/crying
- (proscribed) błagać pokornie ― to humbly beg
- błagać w duchu ― to beg inwardly
Conjugation
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]adjectives
adverbs
nouns
verbs
- przebłagiwać impf, przebłagać pf
- ubłagiwać impf, ubłagać pf
- wybłagiwać impf, wybłagać pf
- zabłagać pf
- zbłagać pf
Descendants
[edit]- → Ukrainian: благати (blahaty)
Further reading
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