dokuczyć

Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dokučiti.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dɔˈku.t͡ʂɨt͡ɕ/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ut͡ʂɨt͡ɕ
  • Syllabification: do‧ku‧czyć

Verb

dokuczyć pf (imperfective dokuczać)

  1. (sometimes transitive, usually intransitive) to trouble, to bother, to upset, to cause suffering to [+dative = someone]
    • 1974, Tadeusz Kępiński, Witold Gombrowicz i świat jego młodości, Wydawnictwo Literackie, page 322:
      A gdy ktoś był zbyt dotknięty lub "dokuczony" – magiczna formuła zaczerpnięta z Conan Doyle'a: ...
      And when someone was too affected or "upset" there was a magical formula taken from Conan Doyle: ...
  2. (intransitive) to demand, to ask for [+ o (accusative) = something]

Conjugation

Derived terms

adjective
adverb
noun

Further reading

  • dokuczyć in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • dokuczyć in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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