вякать

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Russian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *wékʷ-ti, from *wekʷ- (to speak). Cognate with Slovene vékati, Sanskrit वक्ति (vakti)

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Verb

вя́кать (vjákatʹimpf (perfective вя́кнуть)

  1. (low colloquial) to make noise (e.g. of a pet)
  2. (low colloquial) to complain, to whimper
  3. (low colloquial) to blather, to talk nonsense
  4. (low colloquial) to blurt out (to say without thinking)

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References

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