Russian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old East Slavic вꙑкнѫти (vyknǫti), from Proto-Slavic *vyknǫti. Cognate with Old Church Slavonic вꙑкнѫти (vyknǫti), Serbo-Croatian ви̏кнути, Ukrainian приви́кнути (pryvýknuty), Polish nawyknąć, Czech navykat, Upper Sorbian wuknyć (to learn). Related to Russian обы́чай (obýčaj, custom), учи́ть (učítʹ, to teach), нау́ка (naúka, science). More distantly related to Lithuanian jùnkti (to get used to) (1sg. jùnkstu), Latvian jûkt, Lithuanian jaukìnti (to teach), Old Prussian iaukint (to exercise), Lithuanian jaukùs (meek, sweet), Sanskrit उच्यति (úcyati, to have a habit), ओकस् (ókas, pleasure), Old Armenian ուսանիմ (usanim, to get used to, to learn), Gothic 𐌱𐌹𐌿𐌷𐍄𐍃 (biūhts, familiar), Old Irish do·uic (to understand, to know).

Pronunciation

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Combining form

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-вы́кнуть (-výknutʹpf (imperfective -выка́ть)

  1. Combining form used to form prefixed perfective verbs with the approximate meaning "get used to", "become accustomed to".

Conjugation

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References

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