# rzucać
## Polish
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ŕuťati. By surface analysis, rzucić +‎ -ać.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈʐu.t͡sat͡ɕ/
* Audio 1; “rzucać”:(file)
* Audio 2; “rzucać”:(file)
* Audio 3; “rzucać się”:(file)
* Rhymes: -ut͡sat͡ɕ
* Syllabification: rzu‧cać

### Verb

rzucać impf (perfective rzucić)
* (transitive) to throw; to pitch, to toss, to cast (to release (an object) with some force from one's hands, an apparatus, etc. so that it moves rapidly through the air) [with accusative or instrumental ‘whom/what’, along with w (+ accusative) ‘at whom’ or o (+ accusative) ‘against what’]
* (transitive) to cast (to give light or shadow) [with na (+ accusative) ‘at/on what’]
* (transitive) to quit (to stop doing something, e.g. smoking)
    Synonyms: opuszczać, porzucać
* (transitive, colloquial) to dump (to end a relationship or end contact with)
    Synonyms: opuścić, porzucić
* (transitive) to blurt out (to utter something quickly and briefly)
* (transitive, colloquial) to jot down (to record on some surface) [with na (+ accusative) ‘onto what’]
    Synonym: przelewać
* (transitive) Used as a light verb.
* (transitive) to speak (to utter something) [with accusative or instrumental]
* (transitive) to throw (to move something suddenly or violently) [with accusative or instrumental]
* (transitive) to shake, to jolt (to cause a sudden and unintentional movement of something) [with accusative or instrumental]
    Synonym: potrząsać
* (transitive) to send off (to direct someone someone or have them do something) [with do (+ genitive) ‘to what’]
    Synonym: wyprawiać
* (transitive, colloquial) to put up (to make available for sale, usually in reference to little accesible goods in stores during Communist Poland) [with do (+ genitive) ‘where’]
* (transitive, martial arts) to throw (to grab with one's hands and throw to the ground)
* (transitive, sports) to shoot (to score a goal with a ball)
* (transitive) to throw (to knock someone over, hit someone against something)
* (transitive) to connect (to build, to construct something that connects two opposite points)
* (transitive) to get, to settle (to decide about someone's place of residence or work)
* (transitive) to shake (to cause something to move up and down)
* (transitive, obsolete, rare) to throw on (to begin to wear)
* (transitive, obsolete, hunting, of animals) to give birth
* (reflexive with się) to throw oneself (to attack physically) [with na (+ accusative) ‘at whom’] [with z (+ instrumental) ‘with what’]
    Synonym: napadać
* (reflexive with się) to throw oneself (to move in a particular direction quickly)
    Synonyms: pobiegać, popędzać
* (reflexive with się) to throw oneself (to jump or fall somewhere aiming for a particular location)
* (reflexive with się) to throw oneself at (to do something with great commitment) [with na (+ accusative) or do (+ genitive) ‘at what’]
    Kobiety rzucały się na niego. ― Women were throwing themselves at him.
    Moje szczurki rzucają się na awokado. ― My pet rats go crazy for avocado.
* (reflexive with się) to jolt, to shake (to move suddenly and unintentionally)
* (reflexive with się) to blurt out (to express one's opposition or annoyance suddenly) [with z (+ instrumental) ‘what’]
* (reflexive with się, of diseases) to get (to cause a disease somewhere in the body) [with na (+ accusative) ‘what’]
* (reflexive with się, colloquial) to up and leave (to leave suddenly)
* (reflexive with się, colloquial) to snap (to react suddenly)
* (reflexive with się, colloquial) to blow (to spend frivolously)
* (reflexive with się, obsolete) to throw up (to vomit)
    Synonym: wymiotować

#### Derived terms

* dorzucić pf, dorzucać impf
* narzucić pf, narzucać impf
* obrzucić pf, obrzucać impf
* odrzucić pf, odrzucać impf
* podrzucić pf, podrzucać impf
* porzucić pf, porzucać impf
* przerzucić pf, przerzucać impf
* przyrzucić pf, przyrzucać impf
* rozrzucić pf, rozrzucać impf
* urzucić pf
* wrzucić pf, wrzucać impf
* wyrzucić pf, wyrzucać impf
* zarzucić pf, zarzucać impf
* zrzucić pf, zrzucać impf
* narzut
* narzuta
* odrzut
* przerzut
* rzut
* rzutka
* rzutnik
* wrzut
* wrzutka
* wyrzut

### Further reading

* rzucać in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* rzucać in Polish dictionaries at PWN