opukiwać

== Polish == === Etymology === From opukać + -iwać. First attested in 1851. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɔ.puˈki.vat͡ɕ/ Rhymes: -ivat͡ɕ Syllabification: o‧pu‧ki‧wać === Verb === opukiwać impf (perfective opukać) (transitive, chiefly medicine) to percuss (to examine a patient by tapping lightly on various parts of their body) Synonym: ostukiwać (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: ostukiwać (transitive, literary) to examine (to thoroughly attempt to understand something) Synonyms: badać, ostukiwać ==== Conjugation ==== === References === === Further reading === “opukiwać”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN “opukiwać”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[2] (in Polish) J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1904), “opukiwać”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 3, Warsaw, page 818 opukiwać in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego