трафиц

Pannonian Rusyn

Etymology

Inherited from Old Slovak *trafiť, from Middle High German treffen. Cognates include Carpathian Rusyn трафити (trafyty) and Polish trafić.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈtrafit͡s]
  • Rhymes: -afit͡s
  • Hyphenation: тра‧фиц

Verb

трафиц (traficpf (imperfective трафяц)

  1. (intransitive) to come across, to encounter, to happen across (to find by accident) [with до (do)]
    трафел ши до мнє на полудзенокtrafel ši do mnje na poludzenokyou came across my place for lunch
  2. (intransitive) to find, to correctly guess [with до (do)]
    Synonym: потрафиц (potrafic)
    ластовки вше трафя до лоньских гнїздохlastovki vše trafja do lonʹskix hnjizdoxswallows always find last year's nests
  3. (intransitive, with на лїк (na ljik)) to find the right medicine
    лєпше му, трафел на лїкljepše mu, trafel na ljikhe is better, he found the right medicine
  4. (reflexive with ше (še)) to happen, to occur, to befall
    Synonyms: збуц (zbuc), случиц (slučic), стац (stac)
    • 2024 December 14, М. Афич, “Ремесло хторе ше отримало вецей як сто роки”, in Руске Слово[1]:
      И заш ше так трафело же сом убег до тей старей Надьордьовей карчми, а вон бул там, та ми гварел: „Яй Владимире, Владимире, нє будзеш ти бановац? Нє придзеш назад?”
      I zaš še tak trafelo že som ubeh do tej starej Nadʹordʹovej karčmi, a von bul tam, ta mi hvarel: „Jaj Vladimire, Vladimire, nje budzeš ti banovac? Nje pridzeš nazad?”
      And it happened again that I ran to the old Nađorđ tavern, and he was there, saying to me: "Hey Vladimir, Vladimir, won't you regret it? Won't you come back?"
  5. (reflexive with ше (še)) to appear at the right time [with dative]
    трафел ше ми купец за хижуtrafel še mi kupec za xižuI just got a buyer for the house
    трафел ше нам коч, та зме нє ишли пешоtrafel še nam koč, ta zme nje išli pešoa car just came by, so we didn't walk

Conjugation

Derived terms

verbs
  • натрафиц pf (natrafic)
  • потрафиц pf (potrafic)
  • притрафиц pf (pritrafic)

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