шушкати

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Onomatopoeic, compare Russian шушу́каться (šušúkatʹsja), Ukrainian шушу́кати (šušúkaty), Belarusian шушу́каць (šušúkacʹ), шу́шкаць (šúškacʹ), Bulgarian шушу́кам (šušúkam), Macedonian шушка (šuška), Slovene šȗškati (tonal orthography), Czech šuškat.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃûʃkati/

Verb

шу̏шкати impf (Latin spelling šȕškati)

  1. to produce a certain sound – to rustle; to pronounce the sibilants in a retracted fashion, to articulate with palatal sigmatism
  2. (figurative) to whisper, to say with the hand over the mouth

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • шу̏шнути
  • у̀шушкати
  • шушке́тати, шушкѐтати
  • шу̑шкор
  • шу̏шкорити
  • шу̏шкав
  • шу̏штав
  • шу̏шњав
  • шу̑шт

References

  • шушкати” in Hrvatski jezični portal
  • шушкати”, in Речник српскохрватскога књижевног језика (in Serbo-Croatian), Друго фототипско издање edition, volume 6, Нови Сад, Загреб: Матица српска, Матица хрватска, 1976, published 1990, page 1035
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