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# stundom
## Danish
### Etymology

Dative plural of stund

### Adverb

stundom
* (archaic) sometimes, every once in a while, now and then

### References

* “stundom” in Den Danske Ordbog

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

Dative plural of stund

### Adverb

stundom
* sometimes, now and then, at times

### References

* “stundom” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

Dative plural of stund

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /²stʉndʊm/, /²stʊndʊm/

### Adverb

stundom
* sometimes, now and then, at times

#### Synonyms

* av og til
* i ny og ne
* iblant
* somme gonger

### References

* “stundom” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Swedish
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Adverb

stundom
* sometimes, in between
# retuuttaa
## Finnish
### Etymology

Sound-symbolic (morphologically ret- +‎ -uuttaa)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈretuːtːɑːˣ/, [ˈre̞t̪uːt̪ːɑ̝ː(ʔ)]
* Rhymes: -etuːtːɑː
* Hyphenation: re‧tuut‧taa

### Verb

retuuttaa
* (transitive, usually atelic) to toss around (carry, throw); to pull along violently
* (intransitive, usually elää + ~) to scrape by, eke out a living
** 1916, Maiju Lassila, Mimmi Paavaliina, →ISBN:Tässähän tätä on eletty ja retuutettu.Well here we have been scraping by.
** 2012, Alpo Manninen, Rajalla: romaani‎, →ISBN:En kai mä olisi elämääni elää retuuttanut näin, jos uskovainen olisin ollut.It's not like I would have scraped by like this if I would've been a believer.
** 2021, Heikki Lounaja, Peittyneet jäljet‎, →ISBN:Niin, eläähän sitä piti, elää retuuttaa päivästä toiseen, elää kuin kaiken uhalla, koska elämisen armo oli annettu.Yes, one had to live, scrape by day in, day out, live at any risk, because the grace of life had already been given.

#### Derived terms

* retuutella
* retuuttaminen

### References

* ↑ Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎ (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN

### Further reading

* “retuuttaa”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03
# jídelníček
## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈjiːdɛlɲiːt͡ʃɛk]

### Noun

jídelníček m inan
* menu (in a restaurant etc)

#### Related terms

* jídlo
* jíst

### Further reading

* “jídelníček”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “jídelníček”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
* “jídelníček”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)
# aforo
## Portuguese
### Verb

aforo
* first-person singular present indicative of aforar

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aˈfoɾo/ [aˈfo.ɾo]
* Rhymes: -oɾo
* Syllabification: a‧fo‧ro

### Etymology 1

Deverbal from aforar.

#### Noun

aforo m (plural aforos)
* capacity (maximum number of people a public place e.g. cinema, theatre, can hold)
    Synonym: capacidad
* (chemistry) graduation mark (mark on a container to show the volume held)
    Synonym: capacidad
* gauging (agent noun of "gauge")

##### Related terms

* aforar

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

aforo
* first-person singular present indicative of aforar (“to gauge, to measure”)

### Further reading

* “aforo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
# leucemia
## English
### Noun

leucemia (countable and uncountable, plural leucemias)
* Alternative spelling of leukemia

## Interlingua
### Noun

leucemia (uncountable)
* leukemia

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˌlɛw.t͡ʃeˈmi.a/, /lew.t͡ʃeˈmi.a/
* Rhymes: -ia
* Hyphenation: leu‧ce‧mì‧a

### Noun

leucemia f (plural leucemie)
* (oncology) leukemia

#### Derived terms

* leucemico

### References

* ↑ leucemia in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From French leucémie (“leukemia”), from German Leukämie (“leukemia”), from Ancient Greek λευκός (leukós, “white”) and αἷμα (haîma, “blood”).

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /lew.seˈmi.ɐ/ [leʊ̯.seˈmi.ɐ]
* (Brazil) IPA: /lew.seˈmi.ɐ/ [leʊ̯.seˈmi.ɐ]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /lew.seˈmi.a/ [leʊ̯.seˈmi.a]
* (Portugal) IPA: /lew.sɨˈmi.ɐ/

### Noun

leucemia f (uncountable)
* leukemia (cancer of blood forming tissue)

#### Derived terms

* leucemia linfocítica
* leucemia linfocítica aguda (LLA)
* leucemia linfocítica crônica (LLC)
* leucemia mielóide
* leucemia mielóide aguda (LMA)
* leucemia mielóide crônica (LMC)

#### Related terms

* leucêmico

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from German Leukämie, a modern coinage based on Ancient Greek λευκός (leukós, “pale, white”) + αἷμα (haîma, “blood”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Spain) /leuˈθemja/ [leu̯ˈθe.mja]
* IPA: (Latin America, Philippines) /leuˈsemja/ [leu̯ˈse.mja]
* Audio (Venezuela):(file)
* Rhymes: -emja
* Syllabification: leu‧ce‧mia

### Noun

leucemia f (uncountable)
* (pathology) leukemia

#### Derived terms

* leucémico

### Further reading

* “leucemia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
# ubrus
## Czech
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech ubrus, from Proto-Slavic *obrusъ.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈubrus]

### Noun

ubrus m inan
* tablecloth

#### Derived terms

* ubrousek

### Further reading

* “ubrus”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “ubrus”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
* “ubrus”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ubrusъ, *obrusъ.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ǔbrus/
* Hyphenation: u‧brus

### Noun

ùbrus m (Cyrillic spelling у̀брус)
* towel
* serviette
    Synonym: salveta
* napkin
    Synonym: salveta

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “ubrus”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
# anæsthetic
## English
### Adjective

anæsthetic (comparative more anæsthetic, superlative most anæsthetic)
* Archaic spelling of anaesthetic.

### Noun

anæsthetic (plural anæsthetics)
* Archaic spelling of anaesthetic.

#### Derived terms

* anæsthetician

### References

* Robley Dunglison (1895) A dictionary of medical science, page 55

### Anagrams

* aesthetican
# torching up
## English
### Verb

torching up
* present participle and gerund of torch up
# IBS
## English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aɪ.biːˈɛs/

### Adjective

IBS (not comparable)
* Initialism of identical by state.

### Noun

IBS (uncountable)
* (medicine) Initialism of irritable bowel syndrome.
** 2023 September 12, Arwa Mahdawi, “The US has such a love affair with laxatives that there is now a national shortage. This is not normal”, in The Guardian‎, →ISSN:While I don’t have a definitive answer for that, studies suggest that IBS is more common in women than men.
* (dermatology) Initialism of ichthyosis bullosa of Siemens.

#### Derived terms

* IBS-C
* IBS-D

#### Translations
### See also

* Crohn's disease

### Anagrams

* bis-, SBI, SIB, BSI, bis, sib, BiS, BIS

## German
### Noun

IBS
* Initialism of Inbetriebsetzung.
    Synonym: IBN
# połowić
## Old Polish
### Etymology

From po- +‎ łowić. First attested in 1446.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (10th–15th CE) /pɔɫɔvit͡ɕ/
* IPA: (15th CE) /pɔɫɔvit͡ɕ/

### Verb

połowić pf (imperfective łowić)
* (attested in Masovia) to catch
    Synonym: ułowić
** 1950 [1446], Władysław Kuraszkiewicz, Adam Wolff, editors, Zapiski i roty polskie XV-XVI wieku z ksiąg sądowych ziemi warszawskiej, number 763, Warsaw:Jaco mye Yan... *zayol ryby *sze yesor zamopąd y polowyl gwaltem[Jako mie Jan... zajął ryby z[e] jezior samopięt i połowił gwałtem]

#### Descendants

* Polish: połowić

### References

* B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “połowić”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pɔˈwɔ.vit͡ɕ/
* (Middle Polish) IPA: /pɔˈɫɔ.vit͡ɕ/
* Rhymes: -ɔvit͡ɕ
* Syllabification: po‧ło‧wić

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Polish połowić. By surface analysis, po- +‎ łowić.

#### Verb

połowić pf
* (transitive, fishing) to fish for some time [with accusative ‘what’] or [with na (+ accusative) ‘ for what’]
    połowić ryby ― to catch (some) fish
    połowić pstrągi ― to catch some trout
    połowić okonie ― to catch some perch
    połowić połowienia ― method of fishing
    połowić trochę ― to fish for a while
* (transitive, fishing) to catch one fish after the other
    połowić pstrągi ― to catch one trout after the other (non stop)

##### Derived terms

* połów
* poławiać impf

### Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *poloviti. By surface analysis, połowa +‎ -ić.

#### Verb

połowić impf (perfective przepołowić or rozpołowić)
* (transitive, literary) halve (to divide into two halves)
    Synonyms: przepoławiać, rozpoławiać

##### Derived terms

* przepołowić pf, przepoławiać impf
* rozpołowić pf, rozpoławiać impf

### Further reading

* połowić in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* połowić in Polish dictionaries at PWN
* “POŁOWIĆ”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century], 2019 April 2
* Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “połowić”, in Słownik języka polskiego, volume 2, part 2, page 883
* Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “połowić”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
* A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1908), “połowić”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 4, Warsaw, page 549
# swoistość
## Polish
### Etymology

From swoisty +‎ -ość.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sfɔˈis.tɔɕt͡ɕ/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -istɔɕt͡ɕ
* Syllabification: swo‧is‧tość

### Noun

swoistość f
* peculiarity (that which is peculiar)
    Synonym: specyfika

#### Related terms

* swoisty
* swoiście

### Further reading

* swoistość in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* swoistość in Polish dictionaries at PWN
# epilogue
## English
### Alternative forms

* epilog

### Etymology

From French épilogue, from Latin epilogus, from Ancient Greek ἐπίλογος (epílogos, “a conclusion, peroration of a speech, epilogue of a play”), from ἐπιλέγω (epilégō, “to say in addition”). Eclipsed Middle English lenvoie (“epilogue”) borrowed ultimately from Old French.

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈɛp.ɪ.lɒɡ/
** Audio (Southern England):(file)
* (US) IPA: /ˈɛpɪlɔɡ/
* (cot–caught merger) IPA: /ˈɛpɪlɑɡ/

### Noun

epilogue (plural epilogues)
* A short speech, spoken directly at the audience at the end of a play
* The performer who gives this speech
* A brief oration or script at the end of a literary piece; an afterword
* (computing) A component of a computer program that prepares the computer to return from a routine.

#### Synonyms

* (short speech at the end of a play): endspeech
* (brief script at the end of a literary piece): afterword, endspeech; see also Thesaurus:afterword

#### Antonyms

* (antonym(s) of “short speech at the end of a play”): prologue
* (antonym(s) of “brief script at the end of a literary piece”): prologue; see also Thesaurus:foreword

#### Derived terms

* epilogical
* epilogist
* epiloguize

#### Translations

    The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

### Verb

epilogue (third-person singular simple present epilogues, present participle epiloguing, simple past and past participle epilogued)
* (transitive) To conclude with an epilogue.

### References

* “epilogue”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
* “epilogue”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
* “epilogue”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
# deslegitimar
## Portuguese
### Etymology

From des- +‎ legitimar.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /dez.le.ʒi.t͡ʃiˈma(ʁ)/ [dez.le.ʒi.t͡ʃiˈma(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /dez.le.ʒi.t͡ʃiˈma(ʁ)/ [dez.le.ʒi.t͡ʃiˈma(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /dez.le.ʒi.t͡ʃiˈma(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /deʒ.le.ʒi.t͡ʃiˈma(ʁ)/ [deʒ.le.ʒi.t͡ʃiˈma(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /dez.le.ʒi.t͡ʃiˈma(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /dɨʒ.lɨ.ʒi.tiˈmaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /dɨʒ.lɨ.ʒi.tiˈmaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /dɨʒ.lɨ.ʒi.tiˈma.ɾi/
* Hyphenation: des‧le‧gi‧ti‧mar

### Verb

deslegitimar (first-person singular present deslegitimo, first-person singular preterite deslegitimei, past participle deslegitimado)
* (transitive) to delegitimize, discredit

#### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

## Spanish
### Etymology

From des- +‎ legitimar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /deslexitiˈmaɾ/ [d̪es.le.xi.t̪iˈmaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: des‧le‧gi‧ti‧mar

### Verb

deslegitimar (first-person singular present deslegitimo, first-person singular preterite deslegitimé, past participle deslegitimado)
* (transitive) to delegitimize, discredit
** 2015 July 31, “Una facción del indigenismo en Ecuador se levanta contra Correa”, in El País‎:Ese mismo día, alrededor de veinte líderes indígenas afines al Gobierno se reunieron en un hotel de Quito para deslegitimar la convocatoria de la CONAIE, la Confederación de Nacionalidades Indígenas del Ecuador.(please add an English translation of this quotation)

#### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

#### Derived terms

* deslegitimación

### Further reading

* “deslegitimar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
# Abkratzens
## German
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

Abkratzens n
* genitive of Abkratzen
# wataha
## Polish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Ukrainian вата́га (vatáha), from a Turkic language, ultimately from Proto-Turkic *ōtag (“fireplace, tent, room”). Doublet of wataga (“warlord”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /vaˈta.xa/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -axa
* Syllabification: wa‧ta‧ha

### Noun

wataha f
* pack (of wolves, wild boars)
* large group of often armed people
    Synonyms: banda, zgraja

#### Derived terms

* watażka

#### Related terms

* watażkowaty
* watażkować impf

### Further reading

* wataha in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* wataha in Polish dictionaries at PWN
# cihelna
## Czech
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech cihelna. By surface analysis, cihla (“brick”) +‎ -na.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈt͡sɪɦɛlna]
* Rhymes: -ɛlna
* Hyphenation: ci‧hel‧na

### Noun

cihelna f
* brickyard, brickworks, brickfield (factory of bricks or other earthen building materials)

#### Related terms

* cihelný
* cihla
* cihlář
* cihlovka

### Further reading

* “cihelna”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “cihelna”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
* “cihelna” in Akademický slovník současné češtiny, 2012–2025, slovnikcestiny.cz
* “cihelna”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)
# elektromagnetyczny
## Polish
### Etymology

From elektro- +‎ magnetyczny.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɛ.lɛk.trɔ.maɡ.nɛˈtɘt͡ʂ.nɘ/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɘt͡ʂnɘ
* Syllabification: e‧lek‧tro‧mag‧ne‧tycz‧ny

### Adjective

elektromagnetyczny (not comparable, derived adverb elektromagnetycznie)
* (relational) electromagnetic (relating to electromagnetism)

#### Related terms

* elektromagnes
* elektromagnetyzm

### Further reading

* elektromagnetyczny in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* elektromagnetyczny in Polish dictionaries at PWN
# croesfan
## Welsh
### Etymology

croes (“cross”) +‎ man (“place”)

### Pronunciation

* (North Wales) IPA: /ˈkrɔɨ̯svan/
* (South Wales) IPA: /ˈkrɔi̯svan/

### Noun

croesfan m or f (plural croesfannau)
* crossing
* (architecture) transept

#### Synonyms

* croesfa

#### Derived terms

* croesfan cerddwyr (“pedestrian crossing”)
* croesfan gwastad, croesfan lefel, croesfan rheilffordd (“level crossing”)
* croesfan pâl (“puffin crossing”)
* croesfan pelican (“pelican crossing”)
* croesfan sebra (“zebra crossing”)
* croesfan twcan (“toucan crossing”)

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### Further reading

* R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “croesfan”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
# kozera
## Polish
### Alternative forms

* kozyra

### Etymology

Uncertain. Perhaps an alteration of kostera.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kɔˈzɛ.ra/
* Rhymes: -ɛra
* Syllabification: ko‧ze‧ra
* Homophone: Kozera

### Noun

kozera f
* (obsolete) cause, reason
    Synonyms: powód, przyczyna
* (obsolete, card games) trump
    Synonym: atut
* (obsolete) fuss, row
    Synonyms: awantura, kłótnia

#### Derived terms

* kozerny
* nie bez kozery

#### Descendants

* → Russian: ко́зырь (kózyrʹ) (see there for further descendants)

### Further reading

* kozera in Polish dictionaries at PWN
# mnogi
## Polish
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mъnogъ.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmnɔ.ɡi/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɔɡi
* Syllabification: mno‧gi

### Adjective

mnogi (not comparable, no derived adverb)
* numerous
* plural

#### Related terms

* mnogość
* mnożenie
* mnożna
* mnożnik
* mnóstwo
* mnożyć
* pomnażać
* pomnożyć
* rozmnażać
* rozmnożyć

### Further reading

* mnogi in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* mnogi in Polish dictionaries at PWN
* Wanda Decyk-Zięba, editor (2018-2022), “mnogi”, in Dydaktyczny Słownik Etymologiczno-historyczny Języka Polskiego [A Didactic, Historical, Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), →ISBN

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mъnogъ. Cognate with English many.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mnôɡiː/
* Hyphenation: mno‧gi

### Adjective

mnȍgī (Cyrillic spelling мно̏гӣ)
* (in the plural) many
    mnogi ljudi — many people, a lot of people
    mnogi Bosanci — many Bosnians, a lot of Bosnians
    mnogi od nas — many of us
* (in the singular) many a
    mnogi čov(j)ek — many a man
    mnogi će Amerikanac — many an American will
* much, long, longlasting (of action)
    posl(ij)e mnogog čitanja — after much reading
* large, numerous
    mnoga vojska — a large army
# asking
## English
### Pronunciation

* (General American) IPA: /ˈæskɪŋ/
* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈɑːskɪŋ/
* (Northern England, Scotland) IPA: /ˈaskɪŋ/
* (New York City, Philadelphia) IPA: /ˈeəskɪŋ/
* (African-American Vernacular) IPA: /ˈæksɪŋ/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Audio (UK):(file)

### Etymology 1

From Middle English askinge, askande, from Old English āsciende, from Proto-West Germanic *aiskōndī, present participle of Proto-West Germanic *aiskōn (“to ask”), equivalent to ask +‎ -ing.

#### Verb

asking
* present participle of ask

#### Adjective

asking (comparative more asking, superlative most asking)
* That asks; that expresses a question or request.
** 1924, Edna Ferber, So Big‎, New York: Grosset & Dunlap, page 109:It was as when some great gentle dog brings in a limp and bedraggled prize dug from the yard and, laying it at one’s feet, looks up at one with soft asking eyes.
** 1942, Zora Neale Hurston, chapter 12, in Dust Tracks on a Road‎, New York: Arno Press and The New York Times, published 1969, page 235:[…] all of them looked at each other in an asking way.
** 2015, Agnes Toth, The Guardian of Power, page 124:He stepped to me while taking purchase on the handrail and looked through me with an asking look; finally he added with a sardonic smile. "I know now that you feel; hatred coming from deep."

##### Derived terms

* askingly
* asking price
* unasking

### Etymology 2

From Middle English asking, askyng, askynge, from Old English āscung (“asking; question; inquiry”), from Proto-West Germanic *aiskungu, equivalent to ask +‎ -ing.

#### Noun

asking (countable and uncountable, plural askings)
* The act or process of posing a question or making a request.
    His asking was greeted with silence.
** 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “An Evening Alone”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 303:The large eyes sought his own, as if asking for help, and yet unable to do more than look their mute asking.
** 1923, Martin Buber, I and Thou:Form's silent asking, man's loving speech, the mute proclamation of the creature, are all gates leading into the presence of the Word.
** 2023, Osho, Meditation: The Art of Ecstasy, page 89:If someone asks for love he will not get love, because the very asking makes him unlovely, ugly; the very fact of asking becomes the barrier.
* (rare in the singular) A request, or petition.
** 2005, Beth Miller, The Woman's Book of Resilience: 12 Qualities to Cultivate, page 125:After many askings, pleadings, and episodes, all leading to nothing, she finally slumped down at the side of a well in a village where she was unknown.
* (in the plural) The marriage banns.

##### Usage notes

* Normally found in plural, or in set phrases such as for the asking or time of asking.

### Anagrams

* Gaskin, Sikang, aksing, gaskin, kiangs

## Middle English
### Noun

asking
* Alternative form of askynge
# Ablenken
## German
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

Ablenken n (strong, genitive Ablenkens, no plural)
* gerund of ablenken
# watażka
## Polish
### Etymology

From wataha +‎ -ka.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /vaˈtaʂ.ka/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -aʂka
* Syllabification: wa‧taż‧ka

### Noun

watażka m pers
* warlord
* (historical) Cossack commander
    Hypernym: dowódca

#### Derived terms

* watażkowaty
* watażkować impf

#### Related terms

* wataga

### Further reading

* watażka in Polish dictionaries at PWN
# natywny
## Polish
### Etymology

Adapted borrowing of English native +‎ -ny, from Middle English natif, from Old French natif, from Latin nātīvus, from nātus (“birth”). Doublet of naiwny (“naive”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /naˈtɘv.nɘ/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɘvnɘ
* Syllabification: na‧tyw‧ny

### Adjective

natywny (comparative bardziej natywny, superlative najbardziej natywny, derived adverb natywnie)
* native (belonging to one by birth)
    Synonyms: macierzysty, rodzimy
* native (occurring naturally)
    Synonym: naturalny
* (computing) native (pertaining to the system or architecture in question)

#### Related terms

* natywizm

### Further reading

* natywny in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* natywny in Polish dictionaries at PWN
# nepřipravený
## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈnɛpr̝̊ɪpravɛniː]

### Adjective

nepřipravený (comparative nepřipravenější, superlative nejnepřipravenější)
* unrehearsed
* unprepared

#### Antonyms

* připravený

#### Related terms

* nepřipraveně
* připraveně
* připravenost f
* připravit

### Further reading

* “nepřipravený”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “nepřipravený”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989