# potopić
## Old Polish
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *potopiti. By surface analysis, po- +‎ topić. First attested in 1446. Compare Old Czech potopiti and Old Slovak potopiť.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (10th–15th CE) /pɔtɔpit͡ɕ/
* IPA: (15th CE) /pɔtɔpit͡ɕ/

### Verb

potopić pf
* to drown (to submerge in water)
** Middle of the 15th century, Rozmyślanie o żywocie Pana Jezusa‎, page 810:Bog vasch... vozy y gezne eypskye potopyl[Bog wasz... wozy i jezne eipskie potopił]
* to flood (to inundate with water)
** 1868 [1446], Akta grodzkie i ziemskie z czasów Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej : z archiwum tak zwanego bernardyńskiego we Lwowie w skutek fundacyi śp. Alexandra hr. Stadnickiego‎, volume XIII, page 197:Tu per diluvium nove piscine... quinquaginta arbores quercuos fructuosos et mellificos... subundasti pothopillesz[Tu per diluvium nove piscine... quinquaginta arbores quercuos fructuosos et mellificos... subundasti potopiłeś]

#### Derived terms

* potop
* potopa
* potopienie

#### Descendants

* Polish: potopić
* Silesian: potopić

### References

* B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “potopić”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pɔˈtɔ.pit͡ɕ/
* (Middle Polish) IPA: /pɔˈtɔ.pit͡ɕ/
* Rhymes: -ɔpit͡ɕ
* Syllabification: po‧to‧pić

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Polish potopić. By surface analysis, po- +‎ topić.

#### Verb

potopić pf
* (transitive) to drown (to kill by drowning many things or people one after the other) [with w (+ locative) ‘in what’]
* (transitive) to sink (to cause multiple things or people to be submerged in water one after the other) [with w (+ locative) ‘in what’]
    Synonyms: natopić, pozatapiać
* (transitive) to flood (to cause multiple things to be flooded by water one after the other)
    Synonym: pozatapiać
* (transitive) to sink (to lose money from an investment) [with w (+ locative) ‘in what’]
* (transitive) to drown (to attempt to make some negative emotions weaker by drinking) [with w (+ locative) ‘in what’]
* (reflexive with się) to drown (to die by drowning one after the other) [with w (+ locative) ‘in what’]
    Synonym: natopić się
* (reflexive with się) to sink (to become submerged in water one after the other) [with w (+ locative) ‘in what’]
    Synonym: natopić się
* (reflexive with się, Middle Polish) to drown oneself (to commit suicide by drowning)
    Synonym: utopić się

##### Derived terms

* potop

### Etymology 2

From po- +‎ topić (“to melt”).

#### Verb

potopić pf
* (transitive) to melt (to cause one thing after the other to turn into a liquid)
* (reflexive with się) to melt (to turn into a liquid one after the other)

##### Conjugation
### Further reading

* potopić in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* potopić in Polish dictionaries at PWN
* Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “potopić”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
* Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “potopić się”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
* Paweł Kupiszewski (02.03.2023) “POTOPIĆ”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]
* “POTOPIĆ%20SIĘ”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century], 20.01.2009
* Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “potopić”, in Słownik języka polskiego
* Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “potopić”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
* A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1908), “potopić”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 4, Warsaw, page 811

## Silesian
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish potopić. By surface analysis, po- +‎ topić.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pɔˈtɔ.pit͡ɕ/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɔpit͡ɕ
* Syllabification: po‧to‧pić

### Verb

potopić pf
* (transitive) to drown (to kill by drowning many things or people one after the other) [with w (+ locative) ‘in what’]
* (transitive) to sink (to cause multiple things or people to be submerged in water one after the other) [with w (+ locative) ‘in what’]

#### Derived terms

* potop

### Further reading

* potopić in silling.org