гніт

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Ukrainian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Deverbal from гніти́ти (hnitýty, to opress, to press, to weigh down), from Proto-Slavic *gnestì. Compare Belarusian гнёт (hnjot).

Noun[edit]

гніт (hnitm inan (genitive гні́та, nominative plural гні́ти, genitive plural гні́тів)

  1. press, weight
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Noun[edit]

гніт (hnitm inan (genitive гні́ту, nominative plural гні́ти, genitive plural гні́тів)

  1. pressing, weighing down
  2. oppression, yoke
  3. burden, weight (of), being oppressed (with / by)
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Etymology 2[edit]

Deverbal from гніти́ти (hnitýty, to ruddy (bread)), from Proto-Slavic *gnětiti. Further etymology uncertain, but likely related to *gňiti. Compare Old Church Slavonic гнѣтити (gnětiti, to ignite), Polish niecić (to stir up (fire)), Slovak nietiť (to stir up (fire)), Slovene nétiti (to stir up (fire)). Sometimes also further compared with Old Prussian knaistis (brand, a piece of burning wood), Old English gnīdan (to rub), Old High German gnītan (to rub).

Noun[edit]

гніт (hnitm inan (genitive гні́ту, nominative plural гні́ти, genitive plural гні́тів)

  1. fire used to ruddy bread
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