opukać

== Polish == === Etymology === From o- +‎ pukać. First attested in 1564. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ukat͡ɕ Syllabification: o‧pu‧kać === Verb === opukać pf (imperfective opukiwać) (transitive, chiefly medicine) to percuss (to examine a patient by tapping lightly on various parts of their body) Synonym: ostukać (transitive) to tap out (to tap lightly on a hard surface several times, causing a hollow sound, to test the item) [with instrumental ‘with what’] Synonym: ostukać (transitive, literary) to examine (to thoroughly attempt to understand something) Synonyms: obadać, ostukać, zbadać (reflexive with się, Middle Polish) to fall apart, to scatter Synonyms: rozlecieć się, rozsypać się ==== Conjugation ==== === References === === Further reading === opukać in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN opukać in Polish dictionaries at PWN Maria Renata Mayenowa; Stanisław Rospond; Witold Taszycki; Stefan Hrabec; Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023), “opukać”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish] Maria Renata Mayenowa; Stanisław Rospond; Witold Taszycki; Stefan Hrabec; Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023), “opukać się”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish] J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1904), “opukać”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 3, Warsaw, page 818