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Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *račiti.

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Verb edit

рачи́ть (račítʹimpf

  1. (obsolete) to desire, to want
  2. (obsolete) to be diligent, to strive
  3. (video games slang, colloquial, derogatory) to play unskillfully
  4. (slang, derogatory, by extension) to do anything unskillfully

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Further reading edit

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