вщухати

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Ukrainian

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Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly related to Polish szczęk.[1] With -а́ти (-áty) suffix.

Pronunciation

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Verb

вщуха́ти (vščuxátyimpf (perfective вщу́хнути) (intransitive, third person only)

  1. to abate, to die down, to subside
  2. to quiet down

Usage notes

  • The forms вщуха́ти (vščuxáty) (used after vowels) and ущуха́ти (uščuxáty) (used after consonants or at the beginning of a clause) differ in pronunciation but are considered variants of the same word.

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References

  1. ^ Melnychuk, O. S., editor (2012), “ущуха́ти”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 6 (У – Я), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 60

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