Russian edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Slavic *puďati, dialectal пужа́ть (pužátʹ), cognate with Ukrainian пужати (pužaty), Belarusian пужаць (pužacʹ). Presence of evolution Proto-Slavic /ď/→Russian /г/ testifies to the borrowing from the Old Novgorodian or Old Pskovian dialects where this transition was regular,[1] compare dialectal (Pskov) рога́ть (rogátʹ) 'give birth'. For further details see Proto-Slavic *pǫditi.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [pʊˈɡatʲ]
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Verb edit

пуга́ть (pugátʹimpf (perfective испуга́ть or напуга́ть or пугну́ть or попуга́ть)

  1. to frighten suddenly, to startle
  2. to worry, to make anxious
  3. to warn, to caution, to alert
  4. to intimidate, to threaten, to browbeat

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Further reading edit

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

References edit

  1. ^ Andrey Zaliznyak. Drevnenovgorodskij dialekt. Jazyki slavjanskoj kul'tury: Moskva. 2004. page 47-49