чаклувати

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Ukrainian

Etymology

Specific Ukrainian formation of unclear origin. Aleksander Potebnja reconstructs *шакловати (*šaklovaty) to be the original form with unclear etymology. Possibly from a Turkic language. Compare with Turkish çakmak (to knock, to nail; to strike out fire (to make fire); to understand, to guess).

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Verb

чаклува́ти (čakluvátyimpf (perfective почаклува́ти)

  1. (intransitive) to conjure, to practice witchcraft, to use magic
  2. (intransitive, figurative) to do something unknown that looks like magic

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