wziąść

Polish

Etymology

By influence of words such as usiąść and przysiąść. First attested in the 16th century.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /vʑɔɲɕt͡ɕ/
  • (Middle Polish) IPA(key): /ˈvʑɔ̃ɕt͡ɕ/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔɲɕt͡ɕ
  • Syllabification: wziąść

Verb

wziąść pf

  1. (transitive, proscribed) Nonstandard form of wziąć.
    • 1834, Adam Mickiewicz, Pan Tadeusz‎, page 18:
      Zamku żaden wziąść nie chciał, bo w szlacheckim stanie
      trudno było wyłożyć koszt na utrzymanie.
      None wished to take the castle, for a plain
      Esquire it was too costly to maintain.

References
  1. “wziąść”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish], 2010-2023

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