знущатися

Ukrainian

Etymology

Probably from з- (z-) + Old East Slavic гнушатися (gnušatisja), from Old Church Slavonic гнѫшати сѧ (gnǫšati sę), from Proto-Slavic *gnušati (see also *gnusъ, *gnǫsъ).[1] Compare Russian гнуша́ться (gnušátʹsja).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [znʊʃˈt͡ʃatesʲɐ]
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Verb

знуща́тися • (znuščátysja) impf (perfective познуща́тися) (з + genitive, над + instrumental)

  1. to abuse, to brutalize, to maltreat, to mistreat (to treat badly, roughly, cruelly)
  2. to mock, to make fun of
    Synonyms: висмі́ювати impf (vysmíjuvaty), глузува́ти impf (hluzuváty), глуми́тися impf (hlumýtysja), кепкува́ти impf (kepkuváty), насміха́тися impf (nasmixátysja)

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

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

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