dręchnąć

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Old Polish

Etymology

From dręchły +‎ -nąć. First attested in 1431. Cognate with Russian дря́хнуть (drjáxnutʹ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /dræ̃xnɑ̃t͡ɕ/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /dræ̃xnɑ̃t͡ɕ/

Verb

dręchnąć impf (perfective zdręchnąć)

  1. to deteriorate, to weaken
    • 1885-2024 [1431], Jan Baudouina de Courtenay, Jan Karłowicz, Antoni Adam Kryńskiego, Malinowski Lucjan, editors, Prace Filologiczne, volume V, Kurów (Bochnia), page 64:
      Infirmus discrepatur, decrepat, drøchne
      [Infirmus discrepatur, decrepat, dręchnie]

References

  • B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “dręchnąć”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN