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frygać

//ˈfrɘ.ɡat͡ɕ/ | /ˈfrɘ.ɡat͡ɕ//
Polishverb

Definitions

  1. 1.
    to run, to run into
  2. 2.
    colloquialdialectalto fling, to hurl, to throw

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Etymology

Uncertain. Ultimately onomatopoeic. * From fryga + -ać, with a semantic shift of to set a dreidel into motion to to fling (quickly), and finally to eat quickly. * Ultimately from fr (“about a sound when taking off to flight”), with fryga being derived from frygać. Compare frunąć, fyrkać, Czech frgať. For meaning shift for sense 2.1 compare wsuwać, zmiatać, zwijać.

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