кресати

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

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

крѐсати impf (Latin spelling krèsati)

1. (transitive) to prune, trim, cut, clip

   кресати гране ― to trim branches

   кресати стабло/дрво ― to prune a tree

2. (transitive, slang) to have sex

   кресао сам му сестру док је био на љетовању/летовању ― I was having sex with his sister while he was on vacation

3. (transitive) to reduce, cut, decrease

   кресали смо буџет све док га нисмо уравнотежили ― we 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!

• окрѐсати
• скрѐсати
• укрѐсати

• кре̏снути pf

• “кресати”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
• “кресати”, in Речник српскохрватскога књижевног језика (in Serbo-Croatian), Друго фототипско издање edition, volume 2, Нови Сад, Загреб: Матица српска, Матица хрватска, 1967–1976, published 1990, page 55

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

• IPA^(key):

креса́ти • (kresáty) impf

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

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “кресати”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2010–2023), “кресати”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1–14 (а – префере́нція), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka; Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
• “кресати”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)
• “кресати”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
• “кресати”, in Словник.ua (in Ukrainian)