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użyczać

//uˈʐɘ.t͡ʂat͡ɕ/ | /uˈʐɨ.t͡ʂat͡ɕ//
Polishverb

Definitions

  1. 1.
    to lend (to give something to someone for free temporarily) [with genitive] or (proscribed) [with accusative ‘what’], [with dative ‘to whom’], [with na (+ accusative)] or
  2. 2.
    to give; to accord; to extend; to grant; to oblige (to let someone visit, stay, to give protection or support) [with genitive] or (proscribed) [with accusative ‘what’],
  3. 3.
    to serve (to become the source of something)
  4. 4.
    literaryto allow to serve (to let something fill a role in a sentence) [with genitive] or (proscribed) [with accusative ‘what’], [with dative ‘to whom’],
  5. 5.
    obsoleteto offer one's services
  6. 6.
    obsoleteto offer one's companionship

Synonyms & related words

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish użyczać. By surface analysis, użyczyć + -ać. Compare Kashubian ùżëczac.

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