bajacz

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Masurian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Polish bajać.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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bajacz impf

  1. (intransitive) to spin a yarn, to tell fables or legends (to say untrue things)
  2. (intransitive) to blather (to speak nonsense or too much)

Further reading

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  • Zofia Stamirowska (1987-2024) “bajać”, in Anna Basara, editor, Słownik gwar Ostródzkiego, Warmii i Mazur, volume 1, Zakład Narodowy im. Ossolińskich Wydawnictwo Polskiej Akademii Nauk, →ISBN, page 145

Polish

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bajačь. By surface analysis, bajać +‎ -acz.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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bajacz m pers (female equivalent bajaczka)

  1. (dated) storyteller
    Synonyms: bajarz, bajduła, (dated) bajkarz, gawędziarz

Declension

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Further reading

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  • bajacz in Polish dictionaries at PWN