zawżdy

Polish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *gʰe?

Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰō

Proto-Balto-Slavic *źō

Proto-Slavic *za

Old Polish za

Polish za

Proto-Slavic *vьsьda

Old Polish wżdy

Polish wżdy

univ.

Polish zawżdy

Univerbation of za + wżdy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈza.vʐdɘ/

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• Rhymes: -avʐdɘ
• Syllabification: za‧wżdy

Adverb

zawżdy (not comparable)

1. (archaic) always

   Synonym: zawsze

   • 1823, Adam Mickiewicz, Grażyna:

     Tak zawżdy było w Litwie i na Żmudzi;
     Jeśli nie wierzysz, pytaj starych ludzi.

     It has always been like that in Lithuania and Samogitia;
     If you don't believe it, ask the old people.

   • 1909, Stanisław Reymont, Chłopi, Jesień, chapter 11:

     [...] a tyś gospodarska córka z dziada pradziada, nie żadne miejskie pomietło, toś robić winna, jak Pan Bóg przykazał, jak zawżdy w naszym gospodarskim stanie się robiło... Znam ja te miejskie wymysły, znam... jeszcze nikomu one na zdrowie nie wyszły!

     [...] and you're a farmer's daughter, like your grandfather and great-grandfather, and not some doormat from the city, so you should do as the Lord commanded, as they've always done in a farming life like ours... I know these city ideas, I know them... they haven't turned out to anyone's benefit yet!

Related terms

adverb

• na zawżdy

Descendants

• → Belarusian: заўжды́ (zawždý)
• → Ukrainian: завжди́ (zavždý)

Further reading

• “zawżdy”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[1] (in Polish)