ґвалтувати

Ukrainian

Etymology

By surface analysis, ґвалт (gvalt) + -ува́ти (-uváty). Compare Belarusian гвалтава́ць (hvaltavácʹ), Polish gwałtować.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɡʋɐɫtʊˈʋate]
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Verb

ґвалтува́ти • (gvaltuváty) impf

  1. (transitive) to rape, to violate (to force penetrative sexual activity upon without consent)
    Synonym: (colloquial in this sense) наси́лувати impf (nasýluvaty)
    Perfective: зґвалтува́ти (zgvaltuváty)
  2. (transitive) to subject to rapine, to rapine, to rape (to plunder, to destroy or despoil)
  3. (intransitive) to bawl (to wail; to give out a blaring cry)
    Synonyms: галасува́ти impf (halasuváty), крича́ти impf (kryčáty)
  4. (intransitive, of dogs) to bark like mad
    • 1908, Mykhailo Kotsiubynsky, Intermezzo:
      А там бряжчать залізні цепи і люто ґвалтують собаки.
      A tam brjažčatʹ zalizni cepy i ljuto gvaltujutʹ sobaky.
      And iron chains rattle there while dogs fiercely bark.
  5. (transitive) to disturb (to bring out of a state of calm)
    Perfective: зґвалтува́ти (zgvaltuváty)
  6. (intransitive) to sound the alarm

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • ґвалтівни́к m (gvaltivnýk)
  • ґвалтува́ння n (gvaltuvánnja)
  • (rare) ґвалтува́тися impf (gvaltuvátysja)

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Further reading

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