poświęcać
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[edit]Etymology
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Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /pɔˈɕfjɛn.t͡sat͡ɕ/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ɛnt͡sat͡ɕ
- Syllabification: po‧świę‧cać
Verb
[edit]poświęcać impf (perfective poświęcić)
- (transitive) to sacrifice, to devote, to dedicate (to devote time, attention and energy to someone or something valuable, giving up something else) [with dative ‘for whom/what’; or with dla (+ genitive) ‘for whom/what’; or with na (+ accusative) ‘to do what, for what’]
- (transitive) to devote, to dedicate (to dedicate something to a person, cause, or event in order to commemorate it) [with dative ‘to whom/what’]
- Synonym: dedykować
- (transitive) to devote, to dedicate (to concern something)[with dative ‘to whom/what’]
- (transitive) to sacrifice (to give up something for the sake of a person or cause) [with dla (+ genitive) ‘for whom/what’]
- Synonym: sakryfikować
- (transitive) to consecrate (to give some objects a sacred character during an appropriate liturgical rite)
- (transitive) to consecrate (to entrust to God's care by saying appropriate prayers and sprinkling with holy water)
- (transitive, obsolete) synonym of wyświęcać (“to ordain a priest”)
- (reflexive with się) to make sacrifices; to sacrifice oneself (to give up something beneficial or valuable to oneself for the good of someone else) [with dative ‘for whom/what’; or with dla (+ genitive) ‘for whom/what’]
- (reflexive with się) to make sacrifices; to devote oneself, to dedicate onself (to deal with a matter by devoting time, attention and strength, giving up other activities) [with dative ‘for what’]
Conjugation
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]verbs
- poświęcać na ołtarzu impf, poświęcić na ołtarzu pf
Further reading
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- Polish terms suffixed with -ać
- Polish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European word *h₂epó
- Polish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ḱwen-
- Polish 3-syllable words
- Polish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Polish terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:Polish/ɛnt͡sat͡ɕ
- Rhymes:Polish/ɛnt͡sat͡ɕ/3 syllables
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