сцать

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Russian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sьcati (to piss) < *sьkati, from Proto-Indo-European *sikʷ-.

Pronunciation

Verb

сцать (scatʹimpf (perfective посца́ть or засца́ть)

  1. (vulgar) to piss, to urinate
    Synonyms: мочи́ться (močítʹsja), пи́сать (písatʹ), отли́ть (otlítʹ), справля́ться по нужде́ (spravljátʹsja po nuždé), ходи́ть по-ма́лому (xodítʹ po-málomu), сцать (scatʹ)
    Perfective: посца́ть (poscátʹ)
  2. (vulgar) to be afraid, to fear, to chicken out
    Synonyms: боя́ться (bojátʹsja), тру́сить (trúsitʹ)
    Perfective: засца́ть (zascátʹ)

Conjugation

References

  • Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 485
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “сцать”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress