mgnąć
Polish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Polish mgnąć.
Pronunciation
- (Middle Polish) IPA(key): /ˈmɡnɔ̃t͡ɕ/
Verb
mgnąć pf (imperfective migać)
- (intransitive, Middle Polish) to blink (to shut and reopen the eyes quickly)
- (intransitive, Middle Polish) to wink (to blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion)
Derived terms
noun
Related terms
adverb
nouns
- ocemgnienie
- okamgnienie
Further reading
- Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “mgnąć”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
- Brückner, Aleksander (1927) “mgnąć”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna