Polish edit

Etymology edit

Probably a univerbation of od +‎ kosza, from the archaic military phrase dać od kosza, under influence of the phrase dać kosza.[1]

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

odkosz m animal

  1. (archaic) rejection of a marriage proposal
    Synonym: rekuza
    dać odkoszato turn down a marriage proposal
    dostać odkoszato be turned down

Declension edit

References edit

  1. ^ Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “Odkosza dać, dostać”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)

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