kchnąć
Polish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Polish kchnąć, from Proto-Slavic *kъxnǫti.
Pronunciation
- (Middle Polish) IPA(key): /ˈkxnɔ̃t͡ɕ/
Verb
kchnąć pf (imperfective kichać)
- (intransitive, Middle Polish) to sneeze (to expel air as a reflex)
- Synonyms: (obsolete) czchnąć, kichnąć
Related terms
nouns
- kichacz
- kichawa
- kichawiec
Further reading
- Brückner, Aleksander (1927) “kichać”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna
- Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “kchnąć”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]