dziobać

• dziabać, dzióbać

From a conflation of two verbs:

• From Old Polish zobać, from Proto-Slavic *zobati, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵebʰ-.
• From dziubać, from Proto-Slavic *ďubati, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ-é-ti, from the root *dʰewbʰ- (“deep”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʑɔ.bat͡ɕ/

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• Rhymes: -ɔbat͡ɕ
• Syllabification: dzio‧bać

dziobać impf (perfective dziobnąć)

1. (transitive, of a bird) to peck (to strike or pierce with the beak or bill)

   Synonym: (obsolete) kluć

2. (transitive, of a bird) to pick (to seize and pick up with the beak)
3. (transitive, figurative) to nibble, to pick (to eat slowly, sparingly, or by morsels)

   Synonym: ciapać

4. (reflexive with się, of birds) to peck one another

or

• → Belarusian: дзю́баць (dzjúbacʹ)
• → Russian: дзю́бать (dzjúbatʹ) (dialectal)
• → Ukrainian: дзю́ба́ти (dzjúbáty)

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