буксировать

Russian edit

Etymology edit

First attested in 1712. Borrowed from Dutch boegseren, from Portuguese puxar, from Latin pulsāre. By surface analysis, букси́р (buksír) +‎ -овать (-ovatʹ) or -и́ровать (-írovatʹ).[1][2]

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [bʊkˈsʲirəvətʲ]
  • Hyphenation: бук‧си‧ро‧вать

Verb edit

букси́ровать (buksírovatʹimpf

  1. (transitive) to tow, to tug (to pull something behind one using a line or chain)

Conjugation edit

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Descendants edit

  • Ukrainian: буксирува́ти (buksyruváty)

References edit

  1. ^ Shansky, N. M. (1965) “буксировать”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 1, number 2 (Б), Moscow: Moscow University Press, page 221
  2. ^ Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “буксировать”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • буксировать in Большой толковый словарь, editor-in-chief С. А. Кузнецов – hosted at gramota.ru