bicz

Inherited from Old Polish być.

• IPA^(key): [ˈbit͡ʃ]
• Syllabification: bicz

bicz impf (frequentative biwacz)

1. (intransitive, copulative) to be indicates sameness or membership in a class [+nominative or instrumental]
2. (intransitive, copulative) to be indicates existence or living
3. (intransitive) to be (to reside)
4. (intransitive) to be (to find oneself in a particular situation)
5. (intransitive) to be (to happen at a particular time)
6. (intransitive) to be (to participate in)
7. (intransitive) to be (to occur or arise)
8. (intransitive) used in imperfective future constructions
9. (intransitive) to be used in passive constructions
10. (intransitive) used with some impersonal verbs
11. (intransitive) used as a verb verbalizing the action content contained in the subject

• Zofia Stamirowska (1987-2024) “być”, in Anna Basara, editor, Słownik gwar Ostródzkiego, Warmii i Mazur‎, volume 1, Zakład Narodowy im. Ossolińskich Wydawnictwo Polskiej Akademii Nauk, →ISBN, page 153

Inherited from Old Polish bicz, from Proto-Slavic *bičь, from *bìti. Doublet of pejcz (“horsewhip, quirt”), a borrowing from German. By surface analysis, bić +‎ -cz.

• IPA^(key): /bit͡ʂ/

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• Rhymes: -it͡ʂ
• Syllabification: bicz
• Homophone: Bicz

bicz m inan (diminutive biczyk, augmentative biczysko)

1. whip (a flexible instrument, commonly made of leather, used to create a sharp "crack" sound for directing or herding animals)

   Synonyms: bat, batog, kańczug, nahaj, nahajka

   rzemienny/skórzany bicz ― a leather whip

   trzask bicza ― the crack of a whip

   chłostać/wychłostać biczem ― to whip

   smagać/smagnąć biczem ― to lash with a whip

   uderzać/uderzyć biczem ― to hit with a whip

• bicz in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• bicz in Polish dictionaries at PWN