Russian edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Old East Slavic стонати (stonati), from Proto-Slavic *stonati. Compare Bulgarian стон (ston), Czech stonat. Non-Slavic cognates include Ancient Greek στόνος (stónos, a sighing or groaning), Latin tonō (to thunder, to resound) and Sanskrit स्तनति (stanati, to roar, to cry). Related to стена́ть (stenátʹ).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [stɐˈnatʲ]
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Verb edit

стона́ть (stonátʹimpf (perfective застона́ть or простона́ть)

  1. to groan, to moan
  2. to suffer, to languish

Conjugation edit

or (colloquial or dated)

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References edit

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