лаяти

Ukrainian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic лаꙗти (lajati, “to bark, to scold”), from Proto-Slavic *làjati (“to bark”).

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Verb

ла́яти • (lájaty) impf (perfective пола́яти or ви́лаяти)

1. (transitive) to scold, to berate, to chide, to dress down, to upbraid, to rail (at/against), to rip into

   Synonym: свари́ти impf (svarýty)

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Verb

ла́яти • (lájaty) impf

1. (intransitive, rare) Synonym of га́вкати impf (hávkaty, “to bark”).

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Further reading

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “лаяти”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2017), “лаяти”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 8 (л – мішу́рний), Kyiv: Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
• “лаяти”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)
• “лаяти”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
• “лаяти”, in Словник.ua (in Ukrainian)