łykać
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Polish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lykati, frequentative of *lъkati (whence Polish łkać), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)lewk-, see also Dutch slokken, Proto-Celtic *slunketi.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]łykać impf (perfective łyknąć)
- (transitive) to swallow
- (transitive, colloquial) to scoff, to scarf (eat quickly)
- (transitive, colloquial) to neck, to down, to shot (drink a portion of alcohol quickly)
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pić
- (transitive, colloquial) to soak up, to take in (learn easily)
Conjugation
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Further reading
[edit]- łykać in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- łykać in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- Pokorny, Julius (1959) “964”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 964
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- Rhymes:Polish/ɘkat͡ɕ
- Rhymes:Polish/ɘkat͡ɕ/2 syllables
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