dosypywać

Polish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From dosypać + -ywać. First attested in 1549.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dɔ.sɨˈpɨ.vat͡ɕ/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɨvat͡ɕ
  • Syllabification: do‧sy‧py‧wać

Verb

dosypywać impf (perfective dosypać)

  1. (transitive) to add by sprinkling [+accusative] or [+genitive], [+ do (genitive) = to what]
  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]
  5. (transitive, Middle Polish, finance) to save money, to set aside
    Synonyms: odkładać, oszczędzić
  6. (transitive, Middle Polish, finance) to pay extra
    Synonym: dopłacać

Conjugation

noun
  • dosypka

References

  1. dosypować”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish], 2010-2022

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