odkupywać

Polish

Etymology

From odkupić + -ywać. Sense 5 is a semantic loan from Latin redimō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɔt.kuˈpɨ.vat͡ɕ/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɨvat͡ɕ
  • Syllabification: od‧ku‧py‧wać

Verb

odkupywać impf (perfective odkupić)

  1. (transitive) to buy from someone else
  2. (transitive) to buy back, to buy something one previously owned
  3. (transitive) to buy a replacement for something someone has lost [+dative = for whom]
  4. (transitive) to pay for the freedom of, to free by paying a price
  5. (transitive, Christianity, theology) to redeem, to save (someone) from their sins by one's own sacrifice
  6. (transitive) to make up for, to atone for (one's misdeeds or sins)

Conjugation

adjectives
  • odkupicielski
  • odkupny
nouns

Further reading

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