щебетати

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Ukrainian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Old East Slavic щьбьтати (ščĭbĭtati), from Proto-Slavic *ščьbьtati.[1] Compare Russian щебета́ть (ščebetátʹ), Belarusian шчабята́ць (ščabjatácʹ), Polish szczebiotać, Slovene ščebetati.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ʃt͡ʃebeˈtate]
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Verb[edit]

щебета́ти (ščebetátyimpf (perfective щебетну́ти)

  1. to chirrup, to chirp, to tweet, to twitter, to warble
  2. (figurative) to chatter, to jabber

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “щебетати”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka

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