geszeft
Kashubian
Alternative forms
- (dated) jeszeft
Etymology
Borrowed from German Geschäft.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡɛˈʃɛft/
- Rhymes: -ɛft
- Syllabification: ge‧szeft
Noun
geszeft m inan
- interest, business, affair (something to deal with or take care of)
- Synonym: jinteres
- interest, business (profitable venture)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | geszeft | geszeftë |
| genitive | geszeftu | geszeftów |
| dative | geszeftowi | geszeftóm |
| accusative | geszeft | geszeftë |
| instrumental | geszeftã | geszeftama |
| locative | geszefce | geszeftach |
| vocative | geszefce | geszeftë |
Further reading
- Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “interest”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi[1]
- “geszeft”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from German Geschäft, from Middle High German gescheft, from Old High German giscaft, from Proto-West Germanic *gaskafti, from Proto-Germanic *gaskaftiz. Compare English gesheft, Yiddish געשעפֿט (gesheft).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡɛˈʂɛft/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ɛft
- Syllabification: ge‧szeft
Noun
geszeft m inan (diminutive geszefcik)
- (business, colloquial, dated, derogatory) unfair business
- Synonym: szwindel
- small-scale venture
- Hypernym: interes
- (archaic) tiny store
- Hypernym: interes
Declension
Declension of geszeft
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | geszeft | geszefty |
| genitive | geszeftu | geszeftów |
| dative | geszeftowi | geszeftom |
| accusative | geszeft | geszefty |
| instrumental | geszeftem | geszeftami |
| locative | geszefcie | geszeftach |
| vocative | geszefcie | geszefty |
Derived terms
noun
Related terms
adjective
- geszefciarski
noun
- geszefciarstwo