pofleńdrać

Polish

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Masovia):
  • (Far Masovian) IPA^(key): /pɔˈflɛɲ.drat͡ɕ/

Verb

pofleńdrać impf

1. (reflexive with się, Far Masovian) to drag one's feet (to walk slowly)

   Posła krowa w pole z bydłem? A toć sie tam pofleńdrała. ― The cow went into the field with the cattle? C'mon, it was dragging its feet.

Further reading

• Wojciech Grzegorzewicz (1894) “pofleńdrać”, in Sprawozdania Komisji Językowej Akademii Umiejętności (in Polish), volume 5, Krakow: Akademia Umiejętności, page 118