Russian edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pľьnǫti; compare *pľьvati (to spit), distantly related to Latvian spļaut.[1][2] Compare Ukrainian плю́нути (pljúnuty), Belarusian плю́нуць (pljúnucʹ), Polish plunąć.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈplʲunʊtʲ]
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Verb edit

плю́нуть (pljúnutʹpf (imperfective плева́ть)

  1. to spit
    раз плю́нутьraz pljúnutʹpiece of cake
  2. to spit upon, to not care for

Conjugation edit

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verbs

References edit

  1. ^ Schmalstieg, W. R. (1983). An introduction to Old Church Slavic. Columbus: Slavica Publishers, p. 43
  2. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “999-1000”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 999-1000