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zapytać.

to ask (to request information or an answer to a question)

7 characters3 syllables approx.Polski language

Meaning & usage

verb/zaˈpɘ.tat͡ɕ//zaˈpɨ.tat͡ɕ/Middle, Polish[ˈza.pɘ.tat͡ɕ]
  1. to ask (to request information or an answer to a question)

    perfective · reflexive · transitive
  2. to ask each other (to request information or an answer to a question from one another)

    perfective · reflexive
  3. to ask for (to request)

    perfective · transitive
    Chociazby béł więcy zapytáł, toby mu béli dali.
  4. to question (to interrogate in an investigation)

    obsolete · perfective · transitive
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʰe? Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰō Proto-Balto-Slavic *źō Proto-Slavic *za Proto-Slavic *za- Old Polish za- Polish za- Proto-Indo-European *pew-der. Proto-Slavic *pȳtàti Old Polish pytać Polish pytać Polish zapytać From za- + pytać. First attested in the 16th century. Compare Kashubian zapëtac and Silesian zapytać.

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