czerpie

Czerpie is the third-person singular present tense form of the Polish verb czerpać, meaning to draw, extract, obtain, or derive from a source. Literally, it can describe drawing liquid from a container, but it is most often used in a figurative sense to denote drawing resources, information, or inspiration. Common usages include czerpie wiedzę z podręczników, czerpie inspirację z twórczości innych artystów, and czerpie korzyści ze zmiany strategii.

Grammatical notes and usage patterns: the construction with z indicates the source, as in czerpie z bibliotek or czerpie z Internetu. The verb is imperfective, so it describes ongoing or repeated action rather than a single completed event. In speech and writing, it appears in various tenses through the same stem (e.g., czerpie, czerpiemy, czerpią) and forms like czerpał or będzie czerpać are used for past and future meanings. The expression czerpać garści informacji is a common idiom meaning to glean a substantial amount of information.

Etymology and classification: czerpać belongs to core Polish vocabulary and is etymologically linked to a Slavic root associated with drawing or extracting from a source. It shares cognates with other Slavic languages that express similar notions of deriving or obtaining something from a source.

See also: the related verb czerpać, concepts of inspiration and information sources, and expressions using z + genitive to indicate source or origin.