шпигувати

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Ukrainian

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Etymology 1

From шпик (špyk) +‎ -ува́ти (-uváty).[1] Compare Russian шпигова́ть (špigovátʹ), Belarusian шпігава́ць (špihavácʹ), Polish szpikować.

Verb

шпигува́ти (špyhuvátyimpf (transitive)

  1. to lard, to stuff with lard
  2. (figuratively, colloquial) to nag
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Etymology 2

From шпиг (špyh, spy) +‎ -ува́ти (-uváty).[2] Compare Belarusian шпегава́ць (špjehavácʹ), Polish szpiegować.

Verb

шпигува́ти (špyhuvátyimpf

  1. (intransitive or dialectally transitive) to spy, to spy on
    Synonym: шпіо́нити impf (špiónyty)
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References

  1. ^ Melnychuk, O. S., editor (2012), “шпик”, in Етимологічний словник української мови (in Ukrainian), volume 6 (У – Я), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 461
  2. ^ Melnychuk, O. S., editor (2012), “шпиг”, in Етимологічний словник української мови (in Ukrainian), volume 6 (У – Я), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 460

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