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Etymology

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From с- (s-) +‎ мека́ть (mekátʹ, to understand, to think (dialectal)), from Proto-Slavic *mětiti. The transition /t'/ to /k/ instead of the expected /ч/ indicates that the source of the word was the Old Novgorod or Old Pskov dialects, where this transition was regular,[1] compare the dialectal (Pskov) сустрека́ть (sustrekátʹ) 'to meet'.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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смека́ть (smekátʹimpf (perfective смекну́ть)

  1. (colloquial, usually intransitive) to understand, to get it, to catch on, to realize
    смека́ть в чём де́лоsmekátʹ v čom déloto get it, to get the point

Conjugation

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References

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  1. ^ Andrey Zaliznyak. Drevnenovgorodskij dialekt. Jazyki slavjanskoj kul'tury: Moskva. 2004. page 47-49