сперечатися

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Ukrainian

Etymology

From спереча́ти (sperečáty) +‎ -ся (-sja), from obsolete пере́ка (peréka, negation), from Proto-Slavic *perkъ (across, athwart, transverse).[1] Compare Belarusian спрача́цца (spračácca), Polish sprzeczać się.

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Verb

спереча́тися (sperečátysjaimpf (perfective поспереча́тися)

  1. to argue, to contend, to dispute (have an argument)
    про смаки́ не спереча́ютьсяpro smaký ne sperečájutʹsjathere's no accounting for taste (literally, “one does not argue about tastes”)
  2. to bicker, to quarrel, to squabble, to wrangle
    Synonym: свари́тися impf (svarýtysja)

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References

  1. ^ Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “пере́ка”, in Етимологічний словник української мови (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka

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