źreć
Polish
Pronunciation
- (Lesser Poland):
- (Western Kraków) IPA(key): /ˈʑrɛt͡ɕ/
- (Goral):
Etymology 1
See źrzeć (“to see”).
Verb
źreć impf
- (intransitive, Western Kraków, Żywiec, Rabka-Zdrój) alternative form of źrzeć (“to look”) [with na (+ accusative) ‘at whom/what’]
- Cego na mnie źrés/źrys? (Western Kraków) ― Why are you looking at me?
- Cego na mnie źrysz? (Żywiec, Rabka-Zdrój) ― Why are you looking at me?
Etymology 2
See źrzeć (“to ripen”).
Verb
źreć impf
- (intransitive, Żywiec, Podhale) alternative form of źrzeć (“to ripen”)
- Tobie licko kwitnie, a mnie źre. (Żywiec, Rabka-Zdrój)
- The grain side blossoms for you, and for me ripens.
Further reading
- Jan Karłowicz (1911) “źreć”, in Jan Łoś, editors, Słownik gwar polskich [Dictionary of Polish dialects] (in Polish), volume 6: U - Ż, Kraków: Akademia Umiejętności, page 429