achnąć
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Polish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From ach + -nąć. First attested in 1851.[1] Compare Russian а́хнуть (áxnutʹ).
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achnąć pf
Verb[edit]
achnąć pf (imperfective achać)
- (colloquial, intransitive) to ooh and ahh, to marvel at something, especially in an extreme or over-the-top way [+ nad (object) = at what]
- 2000 January 14, Joanna Sereinig, “namolna kobieta”, in pl.hum.poezja[2] (Usenet):
- Pozwolę sobie wtrącić swoje trzy grosze, bo przed chwilą achnęłam nad wierszem
loli, potem dopiero czytałam komentarze innych osób.- I'll allow myself to throw in my two sense, because I just oohed and ahhed over the poem of lola, only later did I read other people's comments.
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Further reading[edit]
- J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “achnąć”, in Słownik języka polskiego[3] (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 6
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