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tykać.

to tick (to make a ticking noise)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Polski language

Meaning & usage

verb/ˈtɘ.kat͡ɕ/[ˈtɘ.kat͡ɕ]
  1. to tick (to make a ticking noise)

    imperfective · intransitive
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *tykati (sę).

verb/ˈtɘ.kat͡ɕ/[ˈtɘ.kat͡ɕ]
  1. to thou (address with the informal T-form)

    colloquial · dialectal · imperfective · intransitive
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *túh₂ Proto-Balto-Slavic *tūˀ Proto-Slavic *ty Old Polish ty Polish ty Proto-Slavic *-kati Polish -kać Polish tykać From ty (“you”) + -kać (“verb forming suffix associated with sound”).

verb/ˈtɘ.kat͡ɕ/[ˈtɘ.kat͡ɕ]
  1. to touch, to lay a finger on

    imperfective · transitive
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *tewk-der.? Proto-Indo-European *(s)tew- Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewk-der.? Proto-Indo-European *tek-der.? Proto-Slavic *tъkati Proto-Indo-European *-né-der. Proto-Slavic *-nǫti Proto-Slavic *tъknǫti Old Polish tknąć Polish tknąć Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Balto-Slavic *-ā́ˀtei Proto-Slavic *-ati Old Polish -ać Polish -ać Polish tykać From tknąć + -ać.

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