rupić

Polish

Alternative forms

• rupieć (Middle Polish)

Etymology

Derived from Proto-Indo-European *Hrewp- (“to break, to tear up”). Compare Latvian rūpēt, Lithuanian rūpėti and Russian ру́пить (rúpitʹ).

Pronunciation

• (Middle Polish) IPA^(key): /ˈru.pit͡ɕ/

Verb

rupić impf

1. (transitive, Middle Polish) Synonym of kąsać (“to bite, to sting”)
   1. (transitive, figurative, Middle Polish) Synonym of gryźć (“to eat someone, to nag at, to bother”)

Derived terms

(adjectives):

• rupiący
• rupliwy
• rupny

Related terms

(nouns):

• (possibly) rup
• rupcie
• rupliwość

(verbs):

• (possibly) rypać impf

Further reading

• Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “RUPIEĆ”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
• Marek Kunicki-Goldfinger (09.03.2015) “RUPIĆ”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]
• J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1912), “rupić”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 5, Warsaw, page 772
• Brückner, Aleksander (1927) “rup,_rupie”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna