swiadczëc

Kashubian

Alternative forms

• swiôdczëc, (regional) swiôrczëc

Etymology

From swiôdk +‎ -ëc. Compare Slovincian swjadczic and Polish świadczyć.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsfjat.t͡ʃɜt͡s/
• Rhymes: -att͡ʃɜt͡s
• Syllabification: swiad‧czëc

Verb

swiadczëc impf

1. (intransitive) to testify (to give evidence in court as a witness)
2. (transitive) to witness; to be indicative, to be a sign of, to indicate, to prove, to evince, to testify, to betoken, to bear witness to, to speak to (to prove with one's existence)
3. (intransitive) to think, to be of the opinion
4. (transitive) to do something good for someone

Further reading

• Sychta, Bernard (1972) “sv́adčëc”, in Słownik gwar kaszubskich [Dictionary of Kashubian dialects] (in Polish), volumes 5 (S – T), Wrocław: Ossolineum, page 194
• Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “świadczyć”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎^[1]