Serbo-Croatian edit

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *běkati.

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  • IPA(key): /běːkati/
  • Hyphenation: бе‧ка‧ти

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бе́кати impf (Latin spelling békati)

  1. (intransitive) to give a bleat (to sound like a sheep)

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Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bekati. By surface analysis, бе (be) +‎ -кати (-katy).

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бе́кати (békatyimpf (perfective бе́кнути) (intransitive)

  1. to bleat, to baa (of goats or sheep)
    Synonyms: ме́кати (mékaty), (dialectal) бегета́ти (behetáty), (dialectal) бле́яти (bléjaty)
  2. (colloquial) to mumble, to mutter

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