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badać.

to test, to probe (to check the medical state of a patient or have one's own medical state checked)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Polski language

Meaning & usage

verb/ˈba.dat͡ɕ//ˈba.dat͡ɕ/Middle, Polish

  1. to test, to probe (to check the medical state of a patient or have one's own medical state checked)

    imperfective · transitive
    badać chorego/pacjenta
    badać ofiarę

  2. to explore, to research, to study (to find out more about a given phenomenon or object through specific means)

    imperfective · transitive
    badać dialekt
    badać faunę i florę

  3. to study, to probe (to examine with one's senses)

    imperfective · transitive
    badać reakcję
    badać alkomatem

  4. to be tested, to be probed, to be examined (to have one's own medical state checked)

    imperfective · reflexive
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰedʰh₂-der. Proto-Balto-Slavic *besteider. Proto-Slavic *bosti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Balto-Slavic *-ā́ˀtei Proto-Slavic *-ati Proto-Slavic *bādàti Old Polish badać Polish badać Inherited from Old Polish badać. By surface analysis, bóść + -ać.

verb/ˈba.dat͡ɕ//ˈba.dat͡ɕ/Middle, Polish

  1. to investigate, to explore (to ask in depth about something)

    imperfective · transitive
    badać świadka

  2. to be check each other out (to get to know each other through observation)

    imperfective · reflexive

  3. to find out, to discover

    Middle · Polish · imperfective · reflexive
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰedʰh₂-der. Proto-Balto-Slavic *besteider. Proto-Slavic *bosti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Balto-Slavic *-ā́ˀtei Proto-Slavic *-ati Proto-Slavic *bādàti Old Polish badać Polish badać Inherited from Old Polish badać. By surface analysis, bóść + -ać.

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