odrywaj

Odrywaj is a Polish verb form used as the second-person singular present imperative of the imperfective verb odrywać, meaning to detach, peel off, or strip away something that is attached or adherent. The prefix od- conveys separation, and the root rywać is related to tearing or pulling apart. Odrywaj therefore denotes the act of removing something by pulling it away, often in a gradual or ongoing process, rather than performing it as a single finished action.

The verb odrywać is imperfective, frequently used to describe ongoing or repeated removal, peeling, or detaching. Its imperative forms include odrywaj (singular, you), odrywajcie (plural, you all), and odrywajmy (let us detach). In everyday usage, odrywaj appears in contexts such as removing tape, peeling fruit, or detaching stuck materials, for example: Odrywaj taśmę z opakowania. Odrywaj skórkę z pomarańczy.

Apart from its imperative forms, odrywać has related inflected forms for different tenses and subjects, and it forms participles such as odrywający (present participle) and odrywany (passive participle). The word is common in instructional, descriptive, and instructional-manual contexts, where directing someone to remove or peel something is appropriate. See also related verbs such as odrywać versus oderwać, which convey related but distinct nuances of detaching or tearing away.