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Russian
Etymology
Possibly кача́ть (kačátʹ) + -ну́ть (-nútʹ) (or derived the other way around).
Pronunciation
Verb
качну́ть • (kačnútʹ) pf (imperfective кача́ть)
- to rock, to swing, to shake, to wobble; to dandle (once)
- качну́ть колыбе́ль ― kačnútʹ kolybélʹ ― to rock the cradle (once)
- качну́ть голово́й ― kačnútʹ golovój ― to shake one's head (once)
1973, Михаил Булгаков, “Глава II. Понтий Пилат”, in Мастер и Маргарита; English translation from Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky, transl., Master and Margarita, London: Penguin Books, 1997:Прокуратор был как каменный, потому что боялся качнуть пылающей адской болью головой.- Prokurator byl kak kamennyj, potomu što bojalsja kačnutʹ pylajuščej adskoj bolʹju golovoj.
- The procurator was as if made of stone because he was afraid to move his head, aflame with infernal pain.
- to pump (once)
- (transitive or impersonal) to toss, to roll, to pitch (once)
- ло́дку качну́ло ― lódku kačnúlo ― the boat tossed / rolled (once)
- (colloquial) to lift up, to chair (to toss someone up, like a group of fans their champion)
- (colloquial) to train/pump muscle (once)
Conjugation
Conjugation of качну́ть (class 3b perfective transitive)
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