скитаться

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Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic скꙑтати сѧ (skytati sę), from Proto-Slavic *skytati (sę). Cognate with Serbian Church Slavonic скꙑтати сѧ (skytati sę), Ukrainian скита́тися (skytátysja), Bulgarian ски́там се (skítam se), Serbo-Croatian скитати, Slovene skítati sе. More distantly cognate with Lithuanian kutė́ti (to shake), Proto-Germanic *skundijaną (to accelerate). Probably from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewt- (to shake, rattle).

Pronunciation

Verb

скита́ться (skitátʹsjaimpf (perfective заскита́ться or наскита́ться or отскита́ться or поскита́ться or проскита́ться)

  1. to wander, to stray
    скита́ться по бе́лу све́туskitátʹsja po bélu svétuto knock about the world

Conjugation