nalecieć

From na- +‎ lecieć. First attested in the 16th century.^[1]

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• Rhymes: -ɛt͡ɕɛt͡ɕ
• Syllabification: na‧le‧cieć

nalecieć pf (imperfective nalatywać)

1. (intransitive, e.g. of a bird) to arrive in droves (to enter or arrive somewhere by flying)
2. (intransitive, colloquial, e.g. of wind) to get in (to get inside something in the air)
3. (intransitive, colloquial, e.g. of water) to flow in, to stream in

   Synonym: napłynąć

4. (intransitive, colloquial) to airstrike (to attack while in the air) [with na (+ accusative) ‘whom/what’]
5. (intransitive, colloquial) to tell off (to criticize harshly) [with na (+ accusative) ‘whom’]

   Synonym: napaść

6. (intransitive, colloquial) to hit (to become felt or detectable) [with accusative ‘whom’]

   Synonym: napłynąć

7. (intransitive, colloquial) to hit (to fill a part of the body)

   Synonym: napłynąć

8. (intransitive) to take (usedto cause someone to feel a strong urge to do something such that they couldn't help but do it)

   Synonym: wziąć

9. (intransitive, obsolete) to rush (to arrive quickly by running)

nalecieć pf

1. (reflexive with się, colloquial) to arrive in droves

• nalecieć in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• nalecieć in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “nalecieć”, in Słownik języka polskiego
• Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “nalecieć”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
• J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1904), “nalecieć”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 3, Warsaw, page 90