do cna

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Polish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Likely a variant of dialectal do kna, do knu, from obsolete kien, kień (stump, trunk).

Pronunciation

 
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  • Rhymes: -a

Adverb

do cna (not comparable)

  1. (idiomatic) totally, completely, utterly
    Synonyms: bez reszty, całkowicie, do spodu, do szczętu, doszczętnie, kompletnie, na sto procent, zupełnie
    Antonym: częściowo
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Further reading

  • do cna in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • do cna in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Józef Bliziński (1860) “do cna”, in Abecadłowy spis wyrazów języka ludowego w Kujawach i Galicyi Zachodniej (in Polish), Warszawa, page 621
  • Oskar Kolberg (1867) “do cna”, in Dzieła wszystkie: Kujawy (in Polish), page 269