хиріти

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Ukrainian

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Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *xyrěti. By surface analysis, хи́рий (xýryj) +‎ -іти (-ity).

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хи́ріти or хирі́ти (xýrity or xyrítyimpf (perfective захи́ріти or похи́ріти) (intransitive)

  1. to ail, to be sickly, to grow weak, to waste away, to languish
    Synonyms: хворі́ти (xvoríty), незду́жати (nezdúžaty), болі́ти (bolíty), кволі́ти (kvolíty), ни́діти (nýdity), ги́біти (hýbity), ча́хнути (čáxnuty), хля́нути (xljánuty), безси́літи (bezsýlity), слабі́ти (slabíty)
  2. to degrade, to degenerate, to rot, to wither away
    Synonyms: деградува́ти (dehraduváty), занепада́ти (zanepadáty), підупада́ти (pidupadáty), упада́ти (upadáty), загнива́ти (zahnyváty), розклада́тися (rozkladátysja)

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