Russian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic порицати (poricati). By surface analysis, по- (po-) +‎ -рица́ть (-ricátʹ). Related to речь (rečʹ), -река́ть (-rekátʹ).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [pərʲɪˈt͡satʲ]

Verb edit

порица́ть (poricátʹimpf

  1. to blame, to reproach, to censure
    Я порица́ю его́ за плоху́ю ситуа́цию.Ja poricáju jevó za ploxúju situáciju.I blame him for the bad situation.

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Further reading edit

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