iskupiti

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic искоупити (iskupiti). By surface analysis, iz- +‎ kúpiti.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /iskǔːpiti/
  • Hyphenation: is‧ku‧pi‧ti

Verb

iskúpiti pf (Cyrillic spelling иску́пити)

  1. (transitive) to ransom, to buy out, to redeem
  2. (reflexive) to atone for something one has done, to redeem oneself
  3. (reflexive, Christianity) to receive forgiveness for one’s sins, to be redeemed
Conjugation

References

  • iskupiti”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
  • Pero Budmani, editor (1887–1891), “iskúpiti”, in Rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika (in Serbo-Croatian), volume 3, Zagreb: JAZU, page 905

Etymology 2

iz- +‎ kȕpiti.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ǐskupiti/
  • Hyphenation: is‧ku‧pi‧ti

Verb

ìskupiti pf (Cyrillic spelling ѝскупити)

  1. (transitive) to gather, to collect
    • a. 1823, “Banović Strainja”, in Vuk Stefanović Karadžić, editor, Narodne srpske pjesme, volume 2, Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, published 1823, page 120:
      Што је земље те облада царе,
      Сву је Турску силу подигао,
      У Косово поље искупио, […]
      Što je zemlje te oblada care,
      Svu je Tursku silu podigao,
      U Kosovo polje iskupio, […]
      As for the lands that the emperor has conquered,
      he raised their entire Turkish force,
      gathered them in Kosovo Field,
  2. (reflexive) to gather together, to assemble
Conjugation

References

  • iskupiti”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
  • Pero Budmani, editor (1887–1891), “ìskupiti”, in Rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika (in Serbo-Croatian), volume 3, Zagreb: JAZU, page 906