жартовац

Pannonian Rusyn

Etymology

Inherited from Old Slovak žartovať, from Middle High German serten. By surface analysis, жарта (žarta) +‎ -овац (-ovac). Cognates include Belarusian жартава́ць (žartavácʹ), Czech žertovat, Polish żartować, Slovak žartovať and Ukrainian жартува́ти (žartuváty).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʒarˈtɔvat͡s]
• Rhymes: -ɔvat͡s
• Hyphenation: жар‧то‧вац

Verb

жартовац (žartovac) impf (perfective пожартовац)

1. (intransitive) to joke, to joke around

   Synonym: франтовац (frantovac)

Derived terms

adjectives

• жартовлїви (žartovljivi)

 

adverbs

• жартовлїво (žartovljivo)
• жартуюци (žartujuci)

 

nouns

• жартованє n (žartovanje)

 

Further reading

• Medʹeši, H., Fejsa, M., Timko-Djitko, O. (2010) “жартовац”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк [Rusyn-Serbian Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy
• Fejsa, M., Šlemender, M., Čelʹovski, S. (2022) “joke”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк [English-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 158