поникати

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Ukrainian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Ruthenian поника́ти (ponikáti), from Old East Slavic поникати (ponikati). By surface analysis, пони́кнути (ponýknuty) +‎ -а́ти (-áty). Compare Russian поника́ть (ponikátʹ) and Belarusian паніка́ць (panikácʹ).

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Verb

поника́ти (ponykátyimpf (perfective пони́кнути) (intransitive)

  1. to droop, to sink, to slouch, to slump, to bend to the ground
    Synonyms: опуска́тися (opuskátysja), нахиля́тися (naxyljátysja), схиля́тися (sxyljátysja), похиля́тися (poxyljátysja), пригина́тися (pryhynátysja)
    поника́ти голово́юponykáty holovójuto hang one's head
  2. (of plants) to wilt, to sag, to droop
    Synonyms: укляка́ти (ukljakáty), обвиса́ти (obvysáty), провиса́ти (provysáty), виляга́ти (vyljaháty), прив'яда́ти (pryvʺjadáty)
  3. (uncommon) to descend (into), to fall (into)
    Synonyms: загли́блюватися (zahlýbljuvatysja), порина́ти (porynáty), зану́рюватися (zanúrjuvatysja)
    поника́ти у розду́муponykáty u rozdúmuto get lost in thought
  4. to become sad, to gloom, to grieve, to despair
    Synonyms: померка́ти (pomerkáty), сумні́шати (sumníšaty), сумні́ти (sumníty), пригні́чуватися (pryhníčuvatysja)
  5. to wither away, to waste away, to fade away, to wane
    Synonyms: померка́ти (pomerkáty), побляка́ти (pobljakáty), згаса́ти (zhasáty), зав'яда́ти (zavʺjadáty), сла́бнути (slábnuty)

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