плевать

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Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pľьvati.

Cognate with Bulgarian плюя (pljuja), Serbo-Croatian пљу̏вати/pljȕvati, Slovene pljuvati, Slovak pľuť. Non-Slavic cognates include Ancient Greek πτύω (ptúō), Gothic 𐍃𐍀𐌴𐌹𐍅𐌰𐌽 (speiwan), Sanskrit ष्ठीवति (ṣṭhīvati, to spit), Latin spuō, Old Armenian թուք (tʻukʻ).

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Verb

плева́ть (plevátʹimpf (perfective плю́нуть)

  1. to spit
    плева́ть в потоло́кplevátʹ v potolókto sit twiddling one's thumbs, to idle
  2. to spit upon, to not care for

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References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “плевать”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress