osusza

Osusza is a Polish verb meaning to dry out or to remove moisture from something. It is the third-person singular present indicative form of the imperfective verb osuszać. The corresponding infinitives are osuszać (imperfective) and osuszyć (perfective). In everyday use, osusza describes an ongoing action, as in drying with a towel or air.

Etymology and related forms: Osuszać/osuszyć are built from the root susz- (to dry) with the prefix o-, which in Polish can emphasize direction or completion. Related verbs include wysuszać and wysuszyć, meaning to dry out more completely or to dry something thoroughly.

Usage: Osusza is used for drying hands, clothes, skin, wounds, or other moisture-bearing objects. Examples: On osusza mokre dłonie ręcznikiem. Po praniu osuszam ubrania na suszarce. W medycynie bywa używane w contexts like osusz rany przed założeniem opatrunku. The imperfective form osuszać expresses the ongoing process, while the perfective osuszyć conveys a completed action, as in osuszę/rany osuszyć.

See also: suszyć, osuszanie, wysuszać, wysuszyć.