odsypywać

Polish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From odsypać + -ywać. First attested in 1568.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɔt.sɨˈpɨ.vat͡ɕ/
  • Rhymes: -ɨvat͡ɕ
  • Syllabification: od‧sy‧py‧wać

Verb

odsypywać impf (perfective odsypać)

  1. (transitive) to sprinkle away (to separate by sprinkling) [+ z (genitive) = from what] [+ do (genitive) = (adding) to what]
    Synonym: usypać
  2. (transitive, geography) to carry off, to deposit (of water, to bring silt and sand somewhere)
  3. (transitive, colloquial) to unbury (to remove someone buried in the ground)
  4. (transitive, Middle Polish) to sprinkle enough (to sprinkle the right amount)
  5. (transitive, Middle Polish, religion, of God) to render justice
  6. (reflexive) to be sprinkled away

Conjugation

nouns

References

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

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