алкать

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Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic алъкати (alŭkati), from Proto-Slavic *olkati. Doublet of лака́ть (lakátʹ).

Pronunciation

Verb

алка́ть (alkátʹimpf

  1. (archaic or literary) to crave, to thirst (for), to be greedy
    Synonym: жа́ждать (žáždatʹ)

Usage notes

  • Preserved in modern Russian as the present tense active participle а́лчущий (álčuščij, hungry, craving, greedy) (of conjugation pattern "6a").

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References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “алкать”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress