gruszyć

Polish

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “seemingly from grusza”)

Pronunciation

• (Masovia):
  • (Far Masovian) IPA^(key): /ˈɡru.ʂɘt͡ɕ/

Verb

gruszyć impf

1. (transitive, Far Masovian, of a disease, especially ague) to take, to infect, to break out

Further reading

• Antoni Waga (1860) “gruszyć”, in “Abecadłowy spis wyrazów ludowego języka w okolicach Łomży, Wizny i przyległych”, in Kazimierz Władysław Wóycicki, editor, Biblioteka Warszawska (in Polish), volume 2, Warsaw, page 752