всмоктувати

Ukrainian

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Etymology

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From всмокта́ти (vsmoktáty) +‎ -увати (-uvaty).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈʍsmɔktʊʋɐte]
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Verb

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всмо́ктувати (vsmóktuvatyimpf (perfective всмокта́ти) (transitive)

  1. to suck in (to draw in by sucking)
    всмо́ктуватисе́бе) з молоко́м ма́тері / з ма́териним молоко́м (idiomatic)
    vsmóktuvaty (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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