truć

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *truti (stem *trov-), from Proto-Indo-European *trowH-.

• IPA^(key): /trut͡ɕ/

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• Rhymes: -ut͡ɕ
• Syllabification: truć
• Homophone: trudź

truć impf (perfective otruć)

1. (transitive) to poison (to use poison to kill or paralyze)

   Synonym: zatruwać

2. (transitive) to give spoiled food to someone to make them sick
3. (transitive) to poison (to pollute)

   Synonym: skażać

4. (transitive, colloquial) to poison (to cause anxiety, fear)
5. (intransitive, colloquial) to insistently ask someone for something
6. (intransitive, colloquial) to pester by talking at length to someone about something boring or insignificant [+dative = to whom]

   Synonyms: mendzić, narzekać, przytruwać, truć dupę, zawracać głowę

   Hypernym: męczyć

7. (reflexive with się) to poison oneself
8. (reflexive with się) to make oneself sick by eating unhealthy food
9. (reflexive with się, colloquial) to torture oneself

   Synonyms: martwić się, zadręczać się

• truć in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• truć in Polish dictionaries at PWN