Ukrainian edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kolyxati.[1] Compare Russian колыха́ть (kolyxátʹ), Belarusian калыха́ць (kalyxácʹ).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [kɔɫeˈxate]
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Verb edit

колиха́ти (kolyxátyimpf (perfective колихну́ти)

  1. (transitive) to rock, to sway, to swing (move gently from side to side or backward and forward)

Conjugation edit

  • Note: the forms conforming to class 1a (колиха́ю, колиха́єш etc.) are rare.

Derived terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “колихати”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka

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