PolishEdit

EtymologyEdit

Inherited from Old Polish sypać, from Proto-Slavic *sypati.

PronunciationEdit

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

VerbEdit

sypać impf (perfective sypnąć)

  1. (transitive) to pour (something friable), to strew, to sprinkle
  2. (transitive, figuratively) to shower (bestow liberally), to bombard
  3. (transitive, colloquial) to rat, to inform, to shop
    Synonym: donosić
  4. (reflexive) to pour (of something friable), to fall, to shower
  5. (reflexive, colloquial) to break down, to go kaput
    Synonym: psuć się

ConjugationEdit

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verbs

Further readingEdit

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