murzyć

Polish

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “related to murzyn?”).

Pronunciation

• (Greater Poland):
  • (Central Greater Poland) IPA^(key): /ˈmu.ʐɘt͡ɕ/

Verb

murzyć impf

1. (transitive, Central Greater Poland) Synonym of czernić

   Węgiel murzy. ― Coal turns things black.

Further reading

• Oskar Kolberg (1877) “murzyć”, in “Rzecz o mowie ludu wielkopolskiego”, in Zbiór wiadomości do antropologii krajowéj (in Polish), volume 1, III (Materyjały etnologiczne), page 20