topit

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Albanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian topiti (to melt (down)).

Verb[edit]

topit (aorist topita, participle topitur)

  1. to make blunt, wear out, hold back

Czech[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (file)
  • IPA(key): [ˈtopɪt]
  • Rhymes: -opɪt
  • Hyphenation: to‧pit

Etymology 1[edit]

Inherited from Old Czech topiti, from Proto-Slavic *topiti (to heat), causative of Proto-Slavic *tepti (descendants include teplý).

Verb[edit]

topit impf

  1. (intransitive) to stoke
    Řežu dříví na polínka, čím topit maminka.I cut the wood into logs, so that my mother has something to stoke.
  2. (intransitive) to heat up, to burn, to use for heating
    Právě začali topit.They have just started heating.
  3. (intransitive) to give off heat
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Etymology 2[edit]

Inherited from Old Czech topiti, from Proto-Slavic *topiti (to drown).

Verb[edit]

topit impf

  1. (transitive) to drown, to kill in liquid
  2. (reflexive with se) to be drowning
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Further reading[edit]

  • topiti in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • topiti in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • topit in Internetová jazyková příručka

Romanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Past participle of topi.

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Adjective[edit]

topit m or n (feminine singular topită, masculine plural topiți, feminine and neuter plural topite)

  1. melted

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Verb[edit]

topit

  1. past participle of topi