nastawać

== Polish == === Etymology === From na- +‎ stawać. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /naˈsta.vat͡ɕ/ Rhymes: -avat͡ɕ Syllabification: na‧sta‧wać === Verb === nastawać impf (perfective nastać) (intransitive) to come, to arrive, to begin, to set in (start and continue in some period) (intransitive) to take over (e.g. a post, a position), to start === Verb === nastawać impf (imperfective only) (intransitive) to demand, to call for [with na (+ accusative) ‘something’] (intransitive, literary or archaic) to threaten, to endanger [with na (+ accusative) ‘someone, or something abstract’] nastawać na czyjąś zgubę ― to threaten someone's destruction, to try to destroy someone nastawać na czyjąś szyję ― to threaten someone's life (literally 'someone's neck') (intransitive, archaic) to condemn (to declare that something or someone is wrong or bad) [with na (+ accusative) ‘something or someone’] (intransitive, archaic, militarily) to attack in battle ==== Conjugation ==== Archaic alternate conjugation: === Further reading === nastawać in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN nastawać in Polish dictionaries at PWN