służyć

Meaning

1. to serve (to have a given use or purpose; to function for something or to do something)
2. to serve (to affect someone or something positively)
3. to serve (to be in a good state)
4. to serve (to be ready to help)
5. to serve (to fulfill some role or act as)
6. to serve (to focus one's actions to the good of someone or something)
7. to serve (to be in military service)
8. to service (to be an assistant doing minor tasks in someone's house or on someone's farm)
9. to beg (to stand on its hind legs)
10. (obsolete) to fall to one's lot

Hyphenated as

słu‧żyć

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈswu.ʐɨt͡ɕ/

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish służyć. By surface analysis, sługa + -yć.

Sentences

Za dowód mogą służyć gojące się ponad standardowy czas rany zadane jej ząbkami.

The wounds inflicted by her teeth, which heal above the standard time, may serve as evidence.