Russian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *xlebati.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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хлеба́ть (xlebátʹimpf (perfective хлебну́ть or похлеба́ть)

  1. (colloquial) to eat (liquid food with a spoon), to slurp
  2. (colloquial) to gulp down, to drink

Conjugation

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Further reading

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