postrzygać

Old Polish

Etymology

From postrzyc +‎ -ać. First attested in 1439.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /pɔstr̝iːɡat͡ɕʲ/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /pɔstr̝iɡat͡ɕʲ/

Verb

postrzygać impf

  1. (hapax legomenon) to trim (to cut the nap off a dress at the final stage of production and trim the edges of a cloth base)
    • 1874 [1439], Monumenta Medii Aevi Historica res gestas Poloniae illustrantia. Pomniki Dziejowe Wieków Średnich do objaśnienia rzeczy polskich służące[1], volume XVII, page 333:
      Dantes... licenciam... pannos radendi al. postrzygac et sarcinandi al. kraiac
      [Dantes... licenciam... pannos radendi al. postrzygać et sarcinandi al. krajać]

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