przemawiać
//pʂɛˈma.vjat͡ɕ/ | /pr̝ɛˈma.vjat͡ɕ/ | /pʂɛˈma.vjat͡ɕ//
Polishverb
Definitions
- 1.to speak (to deliver a message to a group; to deliver a speech)
- 2.to speak up (to gain the ability speak)
- 3.to speak up (to begin speaking)
- 4.to speak to (to speak to someone in a particular manner)
- 5.to speak through (to appear in someone's behavior)
- 6.to talk over to talk around
- 7.to speak for, to speak against (to attest to something's benefit or detriment) [with za (+ instrumental) ‘for what’],
- 8.literaryto put in a good word
- 9.archaicto argue, to fight
Synonyms & related words
Word family
Synonyms
- odzywać się
- wstawiać się
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- 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 Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Balto-Slavic *-ā́ˀtei Proto-Slavic *-ati Old Polish -ać Old Polish mawiać Polish mawiać Polish przemawiać From prze- + mawiać. First attested in the 16th cenetury.