знущатися

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Ukrainian

Etymology

Probably from з- (z-) +‎ Old East Slavic гнушатися (gnušatisja), from Old Church Slavonic гнѫшати сѧ (gnǫšati sę), from Proto-Slavic *gnušati (see also *gnusъ, *gnǫsъ). Compare Russian гнуша́ться (gnušátʹsja).

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Verb

знуща́тися (znuščátysjaimpf (perfective познуща́тися) (з + genitive, над + instrumental)

  1. to abuse, to brutalize, to maltreat, to mistreat (to treat badly, roughly, cruelly)
  2. to mock, to make fun of
    Synonyms: висмі́ювати impf (vysmíjuvaty), глузува́ти impf (hluzuváty), глуми́тися impf (hlumýtysja), кепкува́ти impf (kepkuváty), насміха́тися impf (nasmixátysja)

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References

  1. ^ Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “знущатися”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka

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