каркать

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Russian

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

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Verb

ка́ркать (kárkatʹimpf (perfective ка́ркнуть)

  1. to caw
    • 1905, Фёдор Сологуб , chapter XV, in Мелкий бес; English translation from John Cournos and Richard Aldington, transl., The Little Demon, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1916:
      Не́бо хму́рилось, носи́лись воро́ны и ка́ркали. Над са́мою голово́ю Передо́нова ка́ркали они́, то́чно дразни́ли и проро́чили ещё но́вые, ещё ху́дшие неприя́тности.
      Nébo xmúrilosʹ, nosílisʹ voróny i kárkali. Nad sámoju golovóju Peredónova kárkali oní, tóčno drazníli i proróčili ješčó nóvyje, ješčó xúdšije neprijátnosti.
      The sky was cloudy; the crows flew about cawing. They cawed above Peredonov's head, as if they taunted him and foreboded new and worse disappointments.
  2. (derogatory) to prophesy ill, to be a prophet of doom
    Perfective: нака́ркать (nakárkatʹ)

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