зітхати

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Ukrainian

Etymology

From зітх(ну́ти) (zitx(núty)) +‎ -а́ти (-áty), displacing the inherited form здиха́ти (zdyxáty) (compare Russian вздыха́ть (vzdyxátʹ), Belarusian уздыха́ць (uzdyxácʹ), Old East Slavic въздыхати (vŭzdyxati)).[1]

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Verb

зітха́ти (zitxátyimpf (intransitive)

  1. to sigh (to inhale a larger quantity of air than usual, and immediately expel it)
    Perfective: зітхну́ти (zitxnúty)
  2. to sigh (to lament; to grieve; to pine)

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References

  1. ^ Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1985), “зітхати”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 2 (Д – Копці), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 265

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