балакати

Inherited from Old East Slavic, from Proto-Slavic *balàkati, from *bal(a)- (“conversation, chatter”). Cognate with Russian бала́кать (balákatʹ).

балакати • (balakati) impf

1. to speak, to talk, to chatter

• баламу́тити (balamútiti)

• Belarusian: бала́каць (balákacʹ)
• Ukrainian: бала́кати (balákaty), бала́катися (balákatysja); бала́кать (balákatʹ), баля́кати (baljákaty) (dialectal)
  • → Polish: bałakać (dialectal)

• Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (1994), “балака; балакало”, in Словник української мови XVI – 1-ї пол. XVII ст. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language of 16ᵗʰ – 1ˢᵗ half of 17ᵗʰ c.] (in Ukrainian), numbers 2 (б – богуславецъ), Lviv: KIUS, →ISBN, page 12
• Kotliarevsky, Ivan (1798) “балакать”, in Собраніе Малороссійскихъ словъ, содержащихся въ Энеидѣ [Collection of Ukrainian words contained in the Eneida]‎ (in Ukrainian), Saint Petersburg: Dependent of M. Parpura, page 3

Inherited from Old Ruthenian бала́кати (balákati), ultimately from Proto-Slavic *balàkati. Cognate with Belarusian бала́каць (balákacʹ), Russian бала́кать (balákatʹ).

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бала́кати • (balákaty) impf (perfective побала́кати)

1. to speak, to talk, to chatter
2. to speak the language

• → Polish: bałakać

• Kotliarevsky, Ivan (1842) “балакать”, in Словарь Малороссійскихъ словъ, содержащихся въ Энеидѣ [Dictionary of Ukrainian words contained in the Eneida]‎ (in Russian), Kharkiv: University Printing House, page 3
• Zhelekhivskyy, E. I., editor (1886), “бала́кати”, in Малоруско-нїмецкий словар [Ukrainian-German Dictionary]‎ (in German), volumes 1: А – О, Lviv: Shevchenko Society, page 11
• Hrinchenko, Borys, editor (1924), “бала́кати”, in Словарь української мови [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language]‎ (in Russian), volumes 1: А – Н, Berlin: Ukrainske Slowo, page 65
• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “балакати”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• Rusanivskyi, V. M., editor (2010), “бала́кати”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1 (а – бязь), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “балакати”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
• “балакати”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)
• “балакати”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
• “балакати”, in Словник.ua (in Ukrainian)