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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *glodati; cognate with Ukrainian глода́ти (hlodáty), Bulgarian гло́ждя (glóždja), Serbo-Croatian гло̀дати, Slovene glódati, Czech hlodat, Polish głodać, Upper Sorbian hłodać, Lower Sorbian głodaś (to scratch). More distantly cognate with Old Norse glata (to destroy).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ɡɫɐˈdatʲ]
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Verb

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глода́ть (glodátʹimpf

  1. to gnaw

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Verb

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глода́ть (glodátʹimpf

  1. to torment, to gnaw at (of feelings)

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References

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  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “глодать”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress