пересічний

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Ukrainian

Etymology 1

Calque of German durchschnittlich, formed from пересі́ч(ення) (peresíč(ennja), intersection) +‎ -ний (-nyj).

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Adjective

пересі́чний (peresíčnyj) (no comparative)

  1. ordinary, average
  2. arithmetic mean, typical
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Etymology 2

From пере- (pere-) +‎ січни́й (sičnýj) or from the пересіч- (peresič-) stem of пересі́кти (peresíkty, to intersect) +‎ -ни́й (-nýj).

Pronunciation

Adjective

пересічни́й (peresičnýj) (no comparative)

  1. decussate, intersected
Declension

References

  1. ^ Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “пересічний”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka

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