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podsypywać

//pɔt.sɘˈpɘ.vat͡ɕ/ | /pɔt.sɨˈpɨ.vat͡ɕ//
Polishverb

Definitions

  1. 1.
    to sprinkle under [with genitive] or [with accusative ‘what’]
  2. 2.
    to top up (to provide some additional loose substance somewhere) [with genitive] or [with accusative ‘what’], [with dative ‘to what’],
  3. 3.
    to lift, to top up, to raise (to raise the level of something by adding some dirt or sand)
  4. 4.
    to flurry (to come in small amounts)
  5. 5.
    datedto load (to fill a firearm with gunpowder) [with genitive] or [with accusative ‘what’], [with instrumental ‘with what’],
  6. 6.
    colloquialto line; to supplement (to give someone additional, not very high amounts of something) [with genitive] or [with accusative ‘what’]

Etymology

From podsypać + -ywać. First attested in 1564. Compare Kashubian pòdsëpòwac, and Silesian podsypować.

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