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Polish
Etymology
Likely a variant of dialectal do kna, do knu, from obsolete kien, kień (“stump, trunk”).
Pronunciation
Adverb
do cna (not comparable)
- (idiomatic) totally, completely, utterly
- Synonyms: bez reszty, całkowicie, do spodu, do szczętu, doszczętnie, kompletnie, na sto procent, zupełnie
- Antonym: częściowo
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