dosypać

Old Polish

Etymology

From do- + sypać. First attested in 1469.

Verb

dosypać

  1. to fill by sprinkling
    • 1469, Akta grodzkie i ziemskie z czasów Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej : z archiwum tak zwanego bernardyńskiego we Lwowie w skutek fundacyi śp. Alexandra hr. Stadnickiego, volume XVIII, published 1868, page 13:
      Non vultis secum granicies inceptas sippare et facere, assipare et finire al. doszypacz et dokonczycz
      Non vultis secum granicies inceptas sippare et facere, assipare et finire al. dosypać et dokończyć

Descendants

  • Polish: dosypać

References

Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish dosypać. By surface analysis, do- + sypać. First attested in 1469.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dɔˈsɨ.pat͡ɕ/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɨpat͡ɕ
  • Syllabification: do‧sy‧pać

Verb

dosypać pf (imperfective dosypywać or (Middle Polish) dosypować)

  1. (transitive) to add by sprinkling [+accusative] or [+genitive], [+ do (genitive) = to what]
    dosypać szczyptę czegośto sprinkle on an extra dash of something
    dosypać łyżeczkę czegośto sprinkle on an extra teaspoon of something
    dosypać mąkę/mąkito sprinkle on some extra flour
    dosypać cukru/cukierto sprinkle on some extra sugar
    dosypać kaszy/kaszęto sprinkle on some extra groats
    dosypać sól/solito sprinkle on some extra salt
    dosypać piasek/piaskuto sprinkle on some extra sand
  2. (transitive) to sprinkle to the top or entirely [+accusative] or [+genitive]
  3. (intransitive, of snow) to recover, to repile (to fall and cover a particular place again)
  4. (transitive) to generously give extra money (Is there an English equivalent to this definition?) [+accusative] or [+genitive]
    dosypać pieniędzyto hand out money
  5. (transitive, Middle Polish, finance) to save money, to set aside
    Synonyms: odłożyć, zaoszczędzić
  6. (transitive, Middle Polish, finance) to pay extra
    Synonym: dopłacić

Conjugation

Derived terms

noun
  • dosypka
verb
  • (obsolete) dosypać miary pf

References

  1. B. Sieradzka-Baziur, editor (2011–2015), dosypać”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN
  • Pęzik, Piotr; Przepiórkowski, A.; Bańko, M.; Górski, R.; Lewandowska-Tomaszczyk, B (2012) Wyszukiwarka PELCRA dla danych NKJP. Narodowy Korpus Języka Polskiego [National Polish Language Corpus, PELCRA search engine], Wydawnictwo PWN

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