кресати

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *krěsati, *kresati (compare Russian кресать (kresát’), Polish krzosać).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /krěsati/
  • Hyphenation: кре‧са‧ти

Verb

крѐсати impf (Latin spelling krèsati)

  1. (transitive) to prune, trim, cut, clip
    кресати гранеto trim branches
    кресати стабло/дрвоto prune a tree
  2. (transitive, slang) to have sex
    кресао сам му сестру док је био на љетовању/летовањуI was having sex with his sister while he was on vacation
  3. (transitive) to reduce, cut, decrease
    кресали смо буџет све док га нисмо уравнотежилиwe kept cutting the budget until we balanced it
  4. (transitive, with dative) to speak openly and harshly
    немој ми кресати те глупости у брк!stop telling me telling that nonsense off to my face!

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References

  • кресати” in Hrvatski jezični portal
  • кресати”, in Речник српскохрватскога књижевног језика (in Serbo-Croatian), volume 2, Друго фототипско издање edition, Нови Сад, Загреб: Матица српска, Матица хрватска, 1967–1976, published 1990, page 55

Ukrainian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Ruthenian креса́ти (kresáti), from Proto-Slavic *kresati.

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Verb

креса́ти (kresátyimpf

  1. (transitive) to strike fire
  2. (transitive) to strike sparks
  3. (transitive) to hit, to strike
  4. (transitive, figuratively, colloquial) to perform enthusiastically
  5. (intransitive, colloquial) to sparkle, to flash

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