кишеть

Russian

Etymology

Possibly inherited from Proto-Slavic *kyšěti. Cognate with Ukrainian киші́ти (kyšíty), Belarusian кішэ́ць (kišécʹ). Related to Lithuanian kušė́ti (to move) and to Latvian kustēt and kušņāt (to move).[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kʲɪˈʂɛtʲ]
  • (file)

Verb

кише́ть • (kišétʹ) impf

  1. to infest, to overrun
  2. to swarm, to pullulate
  3. to be infested
  4. to abound, to be abundant
  5. to crawl with

Conjugation

References

  1. Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “кишеть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  2. Shansky, N. M., editor (1982), “кишеть”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 2, number 8 (К), Moscow: Moscow University Press, page 140

Further reading

  • кишеть in Большой толковый словарь, editor-in-chief С. А. Кузнецов – hosted at gramota.ru
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