курити

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kuriti.

курити impf (Latin spelling kuriti)

1. (regional) to heat, to burn, to sear (suddenly and intensely)
2. (regional) to kindle (a campfire or pyre)
3. (regional, informal) to persuade, to convince, to coax (someone to do something)

Inherited from Old East Slavic кꙋрити (kuriti, “smoke, emit smoke”), from Proto-Slavic *kuriti.

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кури́ти • (kurýty) impf (perfective покури́ти)

1. (transitive and without object) to smoke (tobacco etc.)
   1. (transitive and intransitive) to burn, to fumigate
   2. (transitive) to distil
   3. (intransitive, colloquial, obsolete) to carouse
2. to do something while raising dust
   1. (by extension) to run while raising dust
   2. (by extension) to raise dust or other small particles
   3. (by extension) to produce small particles

• курі́ння (kurínnja)
• ку́риво (kúryvo)
• кури́льний (kurýlʹnyj)
• куре́ць (kurécʹ)

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “курити”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka