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, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN opukiwać in Polish dictionaries at PWN 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