cisnąć

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *tisnǫti.

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• Audio 2; “cisnąć się”:

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• Rhymes: -isnɔɲt͡ɕ
• Syllabification: cis‧nąć

cisnąć pf (imperfective ciskać)

1. (transitive) to cast, to fling, to hurl, to sling

   Synonym: rzucić

2. (transitive) to throw away (to discard or dispose of)

   Synonyms: pozbyć się, wyrzucić

3. (reflexive with się, colloquial) to fall on something or somewhere with great force or violently

cisnąć pf

1. (transitive) to crumple, to rumple, to squeeze (to press into wrinkles by crushing together)

   Synonyms: ścisnąć, zgnieść

2. (transitive) to embrace, to hug

   Synonym: przytulić

3. (transitive) to keep down, to oppress (to impose too many or too heavy duties on someone)
4. (transitive, colloquial) to put pressure on someone
5. (intransitive, of clothes, shoes, etc.) to pinch, to nip

• cisnąć in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• cisnąć in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Izydor Kopernicki (1875) “cisnąć”, in Rozprawy i Sprawozdania z Posiedzeń Wydziału Filologicznego Akademii Umiejętności (I), volume 3, Kraków: Akademia Umiejętności, page 369