chwytać

Polish

Etymology

Contamination of now dialectal chytać, from Proto-Slavic *xytati, and now obsolete chwatać, from Proto-Slavic *xvatati.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈxfɨ.tat͡ɕ/
  • (file)

Verb

chwytać impf (perfective chwycić)

  1. (transitive) to grab, grasp, clutch, seize, catch
  2. (transitive) to bite (bait)

Conjugation

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