cierpieć

Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish cirpieć, cirzpieć, from Proto-Slavic *tьrpě̀ti, from Proto-Indo-European *tr̥p-éh₁-(ye)-ti.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ɕɛr.pjɛt͡ɕ/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛrpjɛt͡ɕ
  • Syllabification: cier‧pieć

Verb

cierpieć impf

  1. (intransitive) to suffer (to feel pain)
    Synonym: boleć
  2. (transitive) to bear, to endure [+accusative = something] (to suffer patiently)
    Synonym: znosić
  3. (transitive) to put up with, to tolerate [+accusative = someone or something]
    Synonyms: tolerować, znosić
  4. (intransitive) to suffer from [+ na (accusative) = something] (to have a particular disease or condition)
    Synonym: chorować
  5. (transitive, strictly in the negative) to not stand, to not tolerate
    Nie cierpię go. ― I can't stand him.
  6. (reflexive, strictly in the negative) to not stand each other

Conjugation

Derived terms

adjectives
nouns
proverb
  • cierp ciało, skoroś chciało
verbs
  • cierpiwać impf
  • docierpieć pf
  • nacierpieć pf
  • odcierpieć pf
  • pocierpieć pf
  • przecierpieć pf
  • przycierpieć pf
  • ścierpieć pf
  • ucierpieć pf
  • wycierpieć pf
  • zacierpieć pf
adjective
nouns
verbs

Further reading

  • cierpieć in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • cierpieć in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Wanda Decyk-Zięba, editor (2018-2022), “cierpieć”, in Dydaktyczny Słownik Etymologiczno-historyczny Języka Polskiego [A Didactic, Historical, Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
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