отнекиваться

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word отнекиваться. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word отнекиваться, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say отнекиваться in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word отнекиваться you have here. The definition of the word отнекиваться will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofотнекиваться, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

Russian

Etymology

от- (ot-) +‎ не́кать (nékatʹ) +‎ -ивать (-ivatʹ) +‎ -ся (-sja)

Pronunciation

Verb

отне́киваться (otnékivatʹsjaimpf

  1. (colloquial) to refuse
    • 1905, Фёдор Сологуб , chapter XVII, in Мелкий бес; English translation from John Cournos and Richard Aldington, transl., The Little Demon, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1916:
      Он отне́кивался смею́чись, но ви́дно бы́ло, что и рад тому́, что Людми́ла его́ уво́дит.
      On otnékivalsja smejúčisʹ, no vídno býlo, što i rad tomú, što Ljudmíla jevó uvódit.
      He resisted for a while, but it was clear that he was glad to let Liudmilla take him away with her.

Conjugation

Derived terms