mgnąć

Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish mgnąć.

Pronunciation

• (Middle Polish) IPA^(key): /ˈmɡnɔ̃t͡ɕ/

Verb

mgnąć pf (imperfective migać)

1. (intransitive, Middle Polish) to blink (to shut and reopen the eyes quickly)

   Synonyms: mignąć, mrugnąć

   1. (intransitive, Middle Polish) to wink (to blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion)

Derived terms

noun

• mgnienie

 

Related terms

adverb

• w okamgnieniu

 

nouns

• ocemgnienie
• okamgnienie

 

verbs

• migać impf
• mignąć pf

 

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