dopytywać
//dɔ.pɘˈtɘ.vat͡ɕ/ | /dɔ.pɨˈtɨ.vat͡ɕ//
Polishverb
Definitions
- 1.to inquire, to elicit (to ask carefully about all the details to obtain additional, missing information)
- 2.to finish asking
- 3.colloquialto quiz (to additionally examine orally before a test or exam)
- 4.obsoleteto develop, to contract (to become sick with something, to start having something bad)
- 5.obsoleteto break into, to crack open
- 6.obsoleteto find by asking, to locate, to hunt down
Synonyms & related words
Synonyms
- dobierać się
Etymology
From dopytać + -ywać. First attested in 1572. Compare Kashubian dopitiwac, Slovak dopytovať, Russian допы́тываться (dopýtyvatʹsja), and Silesian dopytować.