prżestacz

Masurian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish przestać (“to stop”). By surface analysis, prże- +‎ stacz (“to happen”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈpr̝ɛstat͡ʃ]
  • Syllabification: prże‧stacz

Verb

prżestacz pf (imperfective prżestajacz or prżestawacz)

  1. (auxiliary, intransitive) to stop doing something, to desist, to leave off; to quit
  2. (intransitive, of diseases, phenomena) to stop, to end

Further reading
  • Zofia Stamirowska (1987-2024) “przestać”, in Anna Basara, editor, Słownik gwar Ostródzkiego, Warmii i Mazur‎, volume 7, Zakład Narodowy im. Ossolińskich Wydawnictwo Polskiej Akademii Nauk, →ISBN, page 79
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