кишіти

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Ukrainian

Etymology

Possibly inherited from Proto-Slavic *kyšěti. Compare Russian кише́ть (kišétʹ), Belarusian кішэ́ць (kišécʹ). Related to Lithuanian kušė́ti (to move) and to Latvian kustēt and kušņāt (to move).

Pronunciation

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Verb

киші́ти (kyšítyimpf (intransitive)

  1. (of animals, people) to swarm, to teem (to move as a swarm; to be rife)
  2. (of places, sometimes impersonal) to swarm, to teem (with: + instrumental case) (to be overrun)

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1985), “кишіти”, in Етимологічний словник української мови (in Ukrainian), volume 2 (Д – Копці), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 440
  2. ^ Martynaŭ, V. U., editor (1989), “кішэ́ць”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы (in Belarusian), volumes 5 (ка́яць – ліпя́нка), Minsk: Navuka i technika, page 47

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