jopać

Polish

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “cognate with Old Czech japati, to perceive, wymyślać#1?”)

Pronunciation

• (Masovia):
  • (Far Masovian) IPA^(key): /ˈjɔ.pat͡ɕ/

Verb

jopać impf

1. (transitive, Far Masovian) Synonym of wymyślać (“to insult”) [with od (+ genitive) ‘by calling what’]

   Jopał go od najgorszych. ― He called him the worse things.

Further reading

• Wojciech Grzegorzewicz (1894) “jopać”, in Sprawozdania Komisji Językowej Akademii Umiejętności (in Polish), volume 5, Krakow: Akademia Umiejętności, page 110