zdrachnąć

Polish

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “voiced variant of *strachnąć, from strach + -nąć?”)

Pronunciation

• (Lesser Poland):
  • (Eastern Kraków) IPA^(key): /ˈzdrax.nɔɲt͡ɕ/

Verb

zdrachnąć pf

1. (reflexive with się, Eastern Kraków) to be startled or alarmed (to be scared slightly)

Further reading

• Błażej Pawłowicz (1892) “zdrachnąć”, in “Wyrazy gwarowe z okolic Tarnowa”, in Prace Filologiczne (in Polish), volume 4, z. 1, Warsaw: skł. gł. w Księgarni E. Wende i Ska, page 310