зловтіха

Ukrainian

Etymology

From зло (zlo) + вті́ха (vtíxa), apparently a calque of Russian злора́дство (zlorádstvo).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [zɫɔu̯ˈtʲixɐ]

Noun

зловті́ха • (zlovtíxa) f inan (genitive зловті́хи, uncountable)

  1. schadenfreude, epicaricacy, gloating
    Synonym: злора́дство n (zlorádstvo)

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References

  1. Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “зловтіха”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka

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