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przemówić

//pʂɛˈmu.vit͡ɕ/ | /pr̝ɛˈmo.vit͡ɕ/ | /pʂɛˈmo.vit͡ɕ//
Polishverb

Definitions

  1. 1.
    to speak (to deliver a message to a group; to deliver a speech)
  2. 2.
    to speak up (to gain the ability speak)
  3. 3.
    to speak up (to begin speaking)
  4. 4.
    to speak to (to speak to someone in a particular manner)
  5. 5.
    to speak through (to appear in someone's behavior)
  6. 6.
    to talk over to talk around
  7. 7.
    to speak for, to speak against (to attest to something's benefit or detriment) [with za (+ instrumental) ‘for what’],
  8. 8.
    literaryto put in a good word
  9. 9.
    archaicto argue, to fight

Synonyms & related words

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Slavic *per- Proto-Indo-European *pér Proto-Indo-European *pró Proto-Indo-European *pro- Proto-Slavic *pro- Old Polish prze- Proto-Indo-European *mlewH-der. Proto-Slavic *mъ̀lva Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Slavic *-iti Proto-Slavic *mъlviti Old Polish mówić Old Polish przemówić Polish przemówić Inherited from Old Polish przemówić. By surface analysis, prze- + mówić. Compare Czech přemluvit.

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