łapać

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lapati.

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• Rhymes: -apat͡ɕ
• Syllabification: ła‧pać

łapać impf (perfective złapać)

1. (transitive) to catch (to intercept something that was thrown)
2. (transitive) to capture, to trap, to snare

   Pająk łapie muchy. ― A spider captures flies.

   1. (transitive, Central Greater Poland) Synonym of łowić
3. (transitive) to catch (e.g. a bus, a train)
4. (transitive, colloquial) to get, to understand
5. (transitive, colloquial, pathology) to catch, to contract (e.g. a disease)
6. (transitive, colloquial) to grab, to seize, to make the most of (e.g. an opportunity)
7. (reflexive with się) to catch oneself
8. (reflexive with się) to catch each other
9. (reflexive with się) to steady oneself, to grab hold
10. (reflexive with się) to catch oneself (to realize one is doing something)
11. (reflexive with się, of insects) to be caught

• łapać in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• łapać in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Oskar Kolberg (1877) “łapać”, in “Rzecz o mowie ludu wielkopolskiego”, in Zbiór wiadomości do antropologii krajowéj (in Polish), volume 1, III (Materyjały etnologiczne), page 20

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lapati. Cognate with Polish łapać.

• IPA^(key): /ˈwapat͡ʃ/
• Rhymes: -apat͡ʃ
• Hyphenation: ła‧pać
• Syllabification: ła‧pać

łapać impf (perfective złapać or złapnyć)

1. (transitive) to catch, fang

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