potopić
Old Polish edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *potopiti. By surface analysis, po- + topić. First attested in 1446. Compare Old Czech potopiti and Old Slovak potopiť.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
potopić pf
- to drown (to submerge in water)
- Middle of the 15th century, Rozmyślanie o żywocie Pana Jezusa[1], page 810:
- Bog vasch... vozy y gezne eypskye potopyl
- [Bog wasz... wozy i jezne eipskie potopił]
- to flood (to inundate with water)
- 1868 [1446], Akta grodzkie i ziemskie z czasów Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej : z archiwum tak zwanego bernardyńskiego we Lwowie w skutek fundacyi śp. Alexandra hr. Stadnickiego[2], volume XIII, page 197:
- Tu per diluvium nove piscine... quinquaginta arbores quercuos fructuosos et mellificos... subundasti pothopillesz
- [Tu per diluvium nove piscine... quinquaginta arbores quercuos fructuosos et mellificos... subundasti potopiłeś]
Derived terms edit
nouns
Descendants edit
References edit
- B. Sieradzka-Baziur, editor (2011–2015), “potopić”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN
Polish edit
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /pɔˈtɔ.pit͡ɕ/
- (Middle Polish) IPA(key): /pɔˈtɔ.pit͡ɕ/
- Rhymes: -ɔpit͡ɕ
- Syllabification: po‧to‧pić
Etymology 1 edit
Inherited from Old Polish potopić. By surface analysis, po- + topić.
Verb edit
potopić pf
- (transitive) to drown (to kill by drowning many things or people one after the other) [+ w (locative) = in what]
- (transitive) to sink (to cause multiple things or people to be submerged in water one after the other) [+ w (locative) = in what]
- Synonyms: natopić, pozatapiać
- (transitive) to flood (to cause multiple things to be flooded by water one after the other)
- Synonym: pozatapiać
- (transitive) to sink (to lose money from an investment) [+ w (locative)] or [+ w (locative) = in what]
- (transitive) to drown (to attempt to make some negative emotions weaker by drinking) [+ w (locative) = in what]
- (reflexive with się) to drown (to die by drowning one after the other) [+ w (locative) = in what]
- Synonym: natopić się
- (reflexive with się) to sink (to become submerged in water one after the other) [+ w (locative) = in what]
- Synonym: natopić się
- (reflexive with się, Middle Polish) to drown oneself (to commit suicide by drowning)
- Synonym: utopić się
Conjugation edit
Derived terms edit
nouns
Etymology 2 edit
From po- + topić (“to melt”).
Verb edit
potopić pf
- (transitive) to melt (to cause one thing after the other to turn into a liquid)
- (reflexive with się) to melt (to turn into a liquid one after the other)
Conjugation edit
Further reading edit
- potopić in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- potopić in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “potopić”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
- Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “potopić się”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
- Paweł Kupiszewski (02.03.2023) “POTOPIĆ”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]
- “POTOPIĆ%20SIĘ”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century], 20.01.2009
- Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “potopić”, in Słownik języka polskiego[3]
- Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “potopić”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861[4]
- A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1908), “potopić”, in Słownik języka polskiego[5] (in Polish), volume 4, Warsaw, page 811
Silesian edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old Polish potopić. By surface analysis, po- + topić.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
potopić pf
- (transitive) to drown (to kill by drowning many things or people one after the other) [+ w (locative) = in what]
- (transitive) to sink (to cause multiple things or people to be submerged in water one after the other) [+ w (locative) = in what]
Conjugation edit
Derived terms edit
nouns
Further reading edit
- potopić in silling.org