marchwić

Polish

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Greater Poland):
  • (Southern Greater Poland) IPA^(key): /ˈmar.xfit͡ɕ/

Verb

marchwić impf

1. (reflexive with się, Southern Greater Poland, of wet wood) to not burn well in a furnace

Further reading

• Oskar Kolberg (1877) “marchwić”, in “Rzecz o mowie ludu wielkopolskiego”, in Zbiór wiadomości do antropologii krajowéj (in Polish), volume 1, III (Materyjały etnologiczne), page 30