używać
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old Polish używać, from Proto-Slavic *uživati. By surface analysis, użyć + -wać.
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[edit]używać impf (perfective użyć)
- (transitive) to use, to employ, to apply [with genitive ‘what’]
- Od tygodnia nie używam komputera i czuję się nieco zagubiony. ― I haven't used my computer for a week and I feel a little lost.
- (reflexive with sobie) to repeatedly experience some kind of pleasure
- (reflexive with sobie) to harshly and forcefully criticize or scorn someone or otherwise verbally or physically abuse them, deriving satisfaction from it [with na (+ locative) ‘whom’]
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- Rhymes:Polish/ɘvat͡ɕ
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