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Pannonian Rusyn
Etymology
Inherited from Old Slovak žartovať, from Middle High German serten. By surface analysis, жарта (žarta) + -овац (-ovac). Cognates include Belarusian жартава́ць (žartavácʹ), Czech žertovat, Polish żartować, Slovak žartovať and Ukrainian жартува́ти (žartuváty).
Pronunciation
Verb
жартовац (žartovac) impf (perfective пожартовац)
- (intransitive) to joke, to joke around
- Synonym: франтовац (frantovac)
Derived terms
Further reading
- Medʹeši, H., Fejsa, M., Timko-Djitko, O. (2010) “жартовац”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк [Rusyn-Serbian Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy
- Fejsa, M., Šlemender, M., Čelʹovski, S. (2022) “joke”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк [English-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 158