мерцать

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Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic мрьцати (mrĭcati), from Proto-Slavic *mьrcati. Doublet of native dialectal мерка́ть (merkátʹ), also compare смерка́ться (smerkátʹsja).

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Verb

мерца́ть (mercátʹimpf

  1. to shimmer, to twinkle, to glimmer, to flicker

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