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Polish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Polish okchnąć.
Pronunciation
Verb
oknąć pf
- (intransitive, Middle Polish) to go deaf
- Synonyms: ogłuchnąć, ogłuszeć, zagłuchnąć
- (intransitive, figurative, Middle Polish) to turn a deaf ear
Derived terms
Further reading
- Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “oknąć”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
- Brückner, Aleksander (1927) “oknąć”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna