икать

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Russian

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *jьkati. By surface analysis, и (i, onomatopoeic) +‎ -кать (-katʹ).

Pronunciation

Verb

ика́ть (ikátʹimpf (perfective икну́ть)

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

Etymology 2

и (i) +‎ -кать (-katʹ)

Pronunciation

Verb

и́кать (íkatʹimpf

  1. (linguistics) to pronounce unstressed е (je) as и (i), to the Standard Russian pronunciation, to rather than as е (je)
    Antonym: е́кать (jékatʹ)
Usage notes

An example is the Standard Russian pronunciation of земля́ (zemljá) as , which could be respelled as *зимля́ (*zimljá).

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