Ukrainian

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Etymology

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Contamination of пірна́ти (pirnáty, to dive) and ри́нути (rýnuty, to rush).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [pʲirˈnute]
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Verb

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пірну́ти (pirnútypf (imperfective пірна́ти)

  1. (intransitive, semelfactive) to dive, to duck

Conjugation

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References

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  1. ^ Melnychuk, O. S., editor (2003), “пірнати”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 4 (Н – П), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 412