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Ukrainian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Deverbal from гніти́ти (hnitýty, “to opress, to press, to weigh down”), from Proto-Slavic *gnestì. Compare Belarusian гнёт (hnjot).
Noun
гніт • (hnit) m inan (genitive гні́та, nominative plural гні́ти, genitive plural гні́тів)
- press, weight
Declension
Declension of гніт (inan hard masc-form accent-a)
Noun
гніт • (hnit) m inan (genitive гні́ту, nominative plural гні́ти, genitive plural гні́тів)
- pressing, weighing down
- oppression, yoke
- burden, weight (of), being oppressed (with / by)
Declension
Declension of гніт (inan hard masc-form accent-a)
Further reading
- A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “гніт”, in English-Ukrainian Dictionaries
- Hrinchenko, Borys, editor (1907–1909), “гніт”, in Словарь украинского языка [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Russian), Kyiv: Kievskaya starina
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “гніт”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- Rusanivskyi, V. M., editor (2012), “гніт”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 3 (відстава́ння – ґура́льня), Kyiv: Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
Etymology 2
Deverbal from гніти́ти (hnitýty, “to ruddy (bread)”), from Proto-Slavic *gnětiti. Further etymology uncertain, but likely related to *gňiti. Compare Old Church Slavonic гнѣтити (gnětiti, “to ignite”), Polish niecić (“to stir up (fire)”), Slovak nietiť (“to stir up (fire)”), Slovene nétiti (“to stir up (fire)”). Sometimes also further compared with Old Prussian knaistis (“brand, a piece of burning wood”), Old English gnīdan (“to rub”), Old High German gnītan (“to rub”).
Noun
гніт • (hnit) m inan (genitive гні́ту, nominative plural гні́ти, genitive plural гні́тів)
- fire used to ruddy bread
Declension
Declension of гніт (inan hard masc-form accent-a)
Further reading
- Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982), “гнітити2”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 1 (А – Г), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 539
- Hrinchenko, Borys, editor (1907–1909), “гніт”, in Словарь украинского языка [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Russian), Kyiv: Kievskaya starina