łamac

• łómac

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lamati.

• IPA^(key): /ˈwa.mat͡s/
• Rhymes: -amat͡s
• Syllabification: ła‧mac

łamac impf (frequentative łamiac)

1. (transitive) to break (to cause something to permanently lose its shape by force so that separate parts of it can be distinguished; to share by breaking)
2. (transitive) to break (to not adhere to some standards, arrangements, e.g. rules, laws)
3. (transitive, printing) to break (to form columns of a book or magazine before printing)
4. (transitive) to break (to overcome obstacles or resistance)
5. (intransitive, impersonal) to break; to ache (to experience severe bone and muscle pain that makes movement difficult) [with accusative ‘whom’; or with w (+ locative) ‘where’]
6. (reflexive with sã) to break (to permanently lose one's original shape under the action of an external force)
7. (reflexive with sã) to grapple (to attempt to overcome that which hinders or impedes)

• Sychta, Bernard (1969), “łamac, łamac są”, in Słownik gwar kaszubskich [Dictionary of Kashubian dialects] (in Polish), volumes 3 (Ł – O), Wrocław: Ossolineum, page 6
• Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011), “łamać (się)”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎^[1]
• “łamac / łami(a)c”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022