грызть

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Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *gryzti. Cognate with Bulgarian гриза́ (grizá), Serbo-Croatian гри̏сти/grȉsti, Slovene gristi, Slovak hrýzť. Non-Slavic cognates include Old Armenian կրծեմ (krcem) and probably Gothic 𐌺𐍂𐌹𐌿𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌽 (kriustan, grate, grind).

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Verb

грызть (gryztʹimpf (perfective прогры́зть or погры́зть or сгрызть)

  1. to gnaw
  2. to nibble
  3. to crack (nuts)
  4. to bite (fingernails)
  5. to nag at

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References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “грызу”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “грызть”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 224