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próbòwac

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Kashubian

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Etymology

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From próba +‎ -owac. Compare Slovincian próbac and Polish próbować.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /proˈbwɛ.vat͡s/
  • Rhymes: -ɛvat͡s
  • Syllabification: pró‧bò‧wac

Verb

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próbòwac impf

  1. (intransitive) to try (to attempt to do or achieve something)
  2. (transitive) to try, to taste (to sample the flavor of something)
  3. (transitive) to try (to test if something works)

Further reading

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  • Stefan Ramułt (1893) “probœvac”, in Słownik języka pomorskiego czyli kaszubskiego (in Kashubian), page 161
  • Sychta, Bernard (1970) “pro̊bovac”, in Słownik gwar kaszubskich [Dictionary of Kashubian dialects] (in Polish), volumes 4 (P – Ř), Wrocław: Ossolineum, page 169
  • Jan Trepczyk (1994) “próbować”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes 1–2
  • Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “próbować”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi[1]
  • próbòwac”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022