блекота

Ukrainian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *blekota (“bleating, mumbling”), of onomatopoeic origin. The semantic shift from "mumbling" to "henbane" is the result of henbane's toxicity, as henbane poisoning causes hallucinations accompanied by raving.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bɫekɔˈta]

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Noun

блекота́ • (blekotá) f inan (genitive блекоти́, nominative plural блеко́ти, genitive plural блеко́т, relational adjective блеко́тний)

1. (botany) Hyoscyamus (genus)
2. henbane, hyoscyamus (any plant of the genus Hyoscyamus)
3. (figuratively) narcotic

Declension

Declension of блекота́ (inan hard fem-form accent-d)

	singular	plural
nominative	блекота́ blekotá	блеко́ти blekóty
genitive	блекоти́ blekotý	блеко́т blekót
dative	блекоті́ blekotí	блеко́там blekótam
accusative	блекоту́ blekotú	блеко́ти blekóty
instrumental	блекото́ю blekotóju	блеко́тами blekótamy
locative	блекоті́ blekotí	блеко́тах blekótax
vocative	блеко́то blekóto	блеко́ти blekóty

Related terms

• белькота́ти m (belʹkotáty)
• блекота́ти m (blekotáty)
• бля́вкати impf (bljávkaty)
• бля́кати impf (bljákaty)

 

References

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “блекота”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2010–2023), “блекота”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1–14 (а – префере́нція), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka; Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “блекота”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “блекота”, in English-Ukrainian Dictionaries
• “блекота”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
• “блекота”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
• “блекота”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)