badac

Kashubian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *badati. By surface analysis, bòsc +‎ -ac.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈba.dat͡s/
• Rhymes: -adat͡s
• Syllabification: ba‧dac

Verb

badac impf

1. (transitive) to research

   Synonym: badérowac

2. (reflexive with sã, of rams, etc.) to butt one another
3. (transitive) to explore (to travel somewhere in search of discovery)
4. (transitive) to check, to inspect, to monitor, to supervise

Derived terms

(noun):

• badanié
• badôcz
• badôczka

Further reading

• Sychta, Bernard (1967) “badac”, in Słownik gwar kaszubskich [Dictionary of Kashubian dialects] (in Polish), volumes 1 (A – Ǵ), Wrocław: Ossolineum, page 14
• Jan Trepczyk (1994) “badać”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes 1–2
• Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “badać, bóść (się), eksplorować, kontrolować”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎^[1]
• “badac”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

Slovincian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *badati. By surface analysis, bôsc +‎ -ac.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈba.dat͡s/
• Rhymes: -adat͡s
• Syllabification: ba‧dac

Verb

badac impf (indeterminate, frequentative, imperfective bôsc)

1. (transitive) frequentative of bôsc (“to bump; to knock; to strike”)

Derived terms

(verbs):

• dôbadac impf
• nabadac impf
• przêbadac impf
• rôzbadac impf

Further reading

• Lorentz, Friedrich (1908) “bãdăc”, in Slovinzisches Wörterbuch‎^[2] (in German), volume 1, Saint Petersburg: ОРЯС ИАН, page 12