omiatać

== Polish == === Alternative forms === omietać (Middle Polish) === Etymology === From omieść +‎ -ać. First attested in 1564. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -atat͡ɕ Syllabification: o‧mia‧tać === Verb === omiatać impf (perfective omieść) (transitive) to dust, to brush (to remove dust or dirt from something by passing it over with a broom or brush) [with instrumental ‘with what’] [with z (+ genitive) ‘from what’] Synonym: obmiatać (transitive) to sweep off (blowing with great force, to knock something off something, i.e. leaves off of a tree) (transitive) to brush (to move over something by lightly touching it) [with instrumental ‘with what’] (transitive) to sweep (to surround someone or something by floating in the air) Synonym: owiewać (transitive) to light up (to illuminate someone or something for a moment by directing the light) [with instrumental ‘with what’] Synonym: obmiatać (transitive) to gesture (to make a circular movement with one's hand in the air, pointing to some part of space) [with instrumental ‘with what’] ==== Conjugation ==== === References === === Further reading === omiatać in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN omiatać in Polish dictionaries at PWN Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814), “omiatać”, in Słownik języka polskiego Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861), “omiatać”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861 J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1904), “omiatać”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 3, Warsaw, page 773 omiatać in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego