шатать

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Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic шатати (šatati), from Proto-Slavic *šętati. Cognate with Old Church Slavonic шѩтаниѥ (šjętanije), Ukrainian шата́тися (šatátysja, to sway, to stagger), Bulgarian ше́там (šétam, to go back and forth, to manage, to serve), Serbo-Croatian ше́тати (to walk) (1sg. ше̑та̄м or ше̑ће̄м), Slovene šétati se (to walk), Czech šátat (to move).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key):  (phonetic respelling: шета́ть) (uncommon)

Verb

шата́ть (šatátʹimpf (perfective зашата́ть or шатну́ть)

  1. (transitive) to sway, to rock, to shake
    Брат на э́то кива́л и ухмыля́лся, шата́я ного́ю лёгкий та́зик.
    Brat na éto kivál i uxmyljálsja, šatája nogóju ljóxkij tázik.
    My brother beckoned at it and grinned, shaking the light tub with his foot.
  2. (impersonal) to sway; to (cause to) stagger, to (cause to) reel
    шата́ет мужчи́нуšatájet mužčínuthe man is staggering

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References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “шатать”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress