всмоктати

Ukrainian

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Etymology

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From в- (v-) +‎ смокта́ти (smoktáty).

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  • IPA(key): [ʍsmɔkˈtate]
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Verb

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всмокта́ти (vsmoktátypf (imperfective всмо́ктувати) (transitive)

  1. to suck in (to draw in by sucking)
    всмокта́тисе́бе) з молоко́м ма́тері / з ма́териним молоко́м (idiomatic)
    vsmoktáty (v sébe) z molokóm máteri / z máterynym molokóm
    to imbibe with one's mother's milk
  2. (literally or figuratively) to absorb, to soak up

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