bronić

== Polish == === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Slavic *borniti. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ɔɲit͡ɕ Syllabification: bro‧nić === Verb === bronić impf (perfective obronić) (transitive) to defend [with genitive ‘someone or something’] (transitive) to guard [with genitive ‘someone or something’] Synonyms: osłaniać, strzec (transitive, sports) to defend, to save (transitive, education) to defend (e.g. one's thesis) (reflexive with się) to defend oneself (reflexive with się) to defend each other (transitive, Przemyśl) synonym of zabraniać Jo go bić nie bronię. ― I'm not stopping him from beating them. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === bronić in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN bronić in Polish dictionaries at PWN Aleksander Saloni (1899), “bronić”, in “Lud wiejski w okolicy Przeworska”, in M. Arct, E. Lubowski, editors, Wisła : miesięcznik gieograficzno-etnograficzny‎[1] (in Polish), volume 13, Warsaw: Artur Gruszecki, page 237