порицать

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Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic порицати (poricati). By surface analysis, по- (po-) +‎ -рица́ть (-ricátʹ). Related to речь (rečʹ), -река́ть (-rekátʹ).

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Verb

порица́ть (poricátʹimpf

  1. to blame, to reproach, to censure
    Я порица́ю его́ за плоху́ю ситуа́цию.Ja poricáju jevó za ploxúju situáciju.I blame him for the bad situation.
    • 1905, Фёдор Сологуб [Fyodor Sologub], chapter II, in Мелкий бес; English translation from John Cournos and Richard Aldington, transl., The Little Demon, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1916:
      Изве́стно бы́ло, что Передо́нов отдаё́т предпочте́ние жи́рным же́нщинам, а то́щих порица́ет.
      Izvéstno býlo, što Peredónov otdajót predpočténije žírnym žénščinam, a tóščix poricájet.
      It was well known that Peredonov preferred fat women, and that he detested thin ones.

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Further reading

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