икать

Russian

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *jьkati. By surface analysis, и (i, onomatopoeic) + -кать (-katʹ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɪˈkatʲ]

Verb

ика́ть • (ikátʹ) impf (perfective икну́ть)

  1. to hiccup
Conjugation
References
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “икать”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

Etymology 2

и (i) + -кать (-katʹ)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈikətʲ]

Verb

и́кать • (íkatʹ) impf

  1. (linguistics) to pronounce unstressed е (je) as и (i), to the Standard Russian pronunciation, to rather than as е (je)
    Antonym: е́кать (jékatʹ)
Usage notes

An example is the Standard Russian pronunciation of земля́ (zemljá) as [zʲɪmˈlʲa], which could be respelled as *зимля́ (*zimljá).

Conjugation
Derived terms
  • и́канье (íkanʹje)
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