dziobać
See also: dzióbać
Polish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
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”).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
dziobać impf (perfective dziobnąć)
- (transitive, of a bird) to peck (to strike or pierce with the beak or bill)
- Synonym: (obsolete) kluć
- (transitive, of a bird) to pick (to seize and pick up with the beak)
- (transitive, figurative) to nibble, to pick (to eat slowly, sparingly, or by morsels)
- Synonym: ciapać
- (reflexive with się, of birds) to peck one another
Conjugation edit
or
Derived terms edit
noun
verbs
- nadziobać pf
- obdziobywać impf, obdziobać pf
- podziobać pf
- rozdziobywać impf, rozdziobać pf
- udziobać pf
- wydziobywać impf, wydziobać pf
- zadziobywać impf, zadziobać pf
- zdziobywać impf, zdziobać pf
Related terms edit
adjectives
noun
Descendants edit
- → Belarusian: дзю́баць (dzjúbacʹ)
- → Russian: дзю́бать (dzjúbatʹ) (dialectal)
- → Ukrainian: дзю́ба́ти (dzjúbáty)