Szadzenie () is a regional phonological feature of the Polish language. It consists in replacement or merger of dental affricates â¨c, dzâ© and dental fricatives â¨s, zâ© into their retroflex counterparts i.e. retroflex affricates â¨cz, dà ¼â© and retroflex fricatives â¨sz, à ¼/rzâ©, respectively. Szadzenie is caused by the hypercorrect avoidance of (mazuration) which is phonetically marked as rural and incorrect. This phenomenon is common in areas which border mazurating dialects, for instance the Suwaà Âki Region.
Examples of attested words with in Polish dialects noted in the Atlas of Polish Dialects (): instead of ("millet, Panicum"), instead of ("bovine"), instead of ("lard").
The word is derived from Polish word , colloquially meaning "to bother", pronounced in the relevant dialects as instead of .