zmawiać
//ˈzma.vjat͡ɕ/ | /ˈzma.vjat͡ɕ/ | /ˈzmɒ.vjat͡ɕ//
Polishverb
Definitions
- 1.to say grace, to say a prayer
- 2.to collude (to plan something with someone)
- 3.to collude, to conspire, to plot, to scheme (to secretly make a decision or agree to act against someone with someone else)
- 4.to bring up (to raise a topic with someone)
- 5.datedto get someone to work
Synonyms & related words
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Slavic *jьz- Proto-Slavic *sъ(n) Old Polish z- 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 Old Polish zmawiać Polish zmawiać Inherited from Old Polish zmawiać. By surface analysis, z- + mawiać. Compare Czech zmluvit.