upalić

Polish

Etymology

From u- + palić. First attested in 1754.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /uˈpa.lit͡ɕ/
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  • Rhymes: -alit͡ɕ
  • Syllabification: u‧pa‧lić

Verb

upalić pf (imperfective upalać)

  1. (transitive) to burn (to submit to a high temperature to evoke certain properties)
  2. (transitive) to burn off (to destroy a fragment of something with high temperature)
  3. (transitive, colloquial) to get someone high (to cause someone to be intoxicated with narcotics) [+instrumental = off what]
  4. (reflexive) to burn (to be partially destroyed after being submitted to a high temperature to evoke certain properties)
  5. (reflexive, colloquial) to get high (to become intoxicated with narcotics) [+instrumental = off what]

Conjugation

Derived terms

adjectives
adverb
  • upalnie
noun

References

  1. Aleksandra Wieczorek (21.11.2018), UPALIĆ”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]

Further reading

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