Szadzenie

Szadzenie (Polish: [ʂaˈd͡zɛ̃ɲɛ]) is a regional phonological feature of the Polish language. It consists in replacement or merger of dental affricate [t͡s, d͡z] (c, dz) and dental fricative [s, z] (s, z) into their retroflex counterparts i.e. retroflex affricate [t͡ʂ, d͡ʐ] (cz, dż) and retroflex fricative [ʂ, ʐ] (sz, ż), respectively. Szadzenie is an example of hypercorrection and exaggerated avoidance of Mazurzenie which is phonetically marked as rural and incorrect. The phenomena occurs in the dialects which border with dialects where mazurzenie occurs, for instance Suwałki Region.

It can also create a SUKA-SZUKA merger in which both words suka (a bitch) and szuka (third-person singular present of szukać, to look for) are homophones being pronounced as /ˈʂuka/.

The word szadzenie is derived from Polish word sadzić, colloquially meaning "to bother", pronounced in the relevant dialects as [ˈʂaʥ̑iʨ̑] instead of [ˈsaʥ̑iʨ̑].

See also

• Polish phonology
• Mazurzenie