Ukrainian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old East Slavic грьмѣти (grĭměti), from Proto-Slavic *grьměti, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrem-.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ɦreˈmʲite]
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Verb

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гримі́ти (hrymítyimpf (intransitive)

  1. to thunder (to make a noise like thunder)
  2. to clatter (to make a loud rattling sound)
  3. to boom (to make a loud, hollow, resonant sound)
  4. (figuratively, colloquial) to boom, to fulminate, to thunder (to speak loudly)
  5. (figuratively) to resound (of a person, their reputation, etc.: to be much lauded or mentioned)

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982), “гриміти”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 1 (А – Г), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 595

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