топити

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *topiti.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tǒpiti/
  • Hyphenation: то‧пи‧ти

Verb

то̀пити impf (Latin spelling tòpiti)

  1. (transitive) to melt
  2. (reflexive) to melt down

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Descendants

  • Albanian: topit

Further reading

  • топити”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

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Etymology 1

Inherited from Old East Slavic топити (topiti, to heat), from Proto-Slavic *topiti (to heat). Cognate with Belarusian тапі́ць (tapícʹ), Russian топи́ть (topítʹ), Czech topit, Polish topić, Bulgarian топя́ (topjá), Serbo-Croatian то̀пити.

Verb

топи́ти (topýtyimpf

  1. (transitive) to melt
  2. (transitive) to stoke (fireplace, oven, furnace)
  3. (impersonal) to heat, to keep warm (house, place of residence)
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Etymology 2

Inherited from Old East Slavic топити (topiti, to drown), from Proto-Slavic *topiti (to drown). Cognate with Belarusian тапі́ць (tapícʹ), Russian топи́ть (topítʹ), Czech topit, Polish topić.

Verb

топи́ти (topýtyimpf

  1. (transitive) to drown (to kill by suffocating in water of other liquid)
  2. (transitive) to sink, to flood
  3. (transitive) to shackle, to obstruct, to hamper (to prevent from succeeding/progressing)
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