мерехтіти

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Ukrainian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Likely the result of contamination between ме́рхнути (mérxnuty) and мигті́ти (myhtíty).[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [merexˈtʲite]
  • (file)

Verb[edit]

мерехті́ти (merextítyimpf (perfective померехті́ти) (intransitive)

  1. to flicker, to glimmer, to glint, to shimmer, to twinkle (to shine with a faint, unsteady light; to shine tremulously or intermittently)
  2. to flitter (to move about rapidly and nimbly within eyesight)
  3. to flash (to be visible briefly)

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1989), “мерехтіти”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volumes 3 (Кора – М), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 440

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