кишіти

Ukrainian

Etymology

Possibly inherited from Proto-Slavic *kyšěti. Compare Russian кише́ть (kišétʹ), Belarusian кішэ́ць (kišécʹ). Related to Lithuanian kušė́ti (to move) and to Latvian kustēt and kušņāt (to move).[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [keˈʃʲite]

Verb

киші́ти • (kyšíty) impf (intransitive)

  1. (of animals, people) to swarm, to teem (to move as a swarm; to be rife)
  2. (of places, sometimes impersonal) to swarm, to teem (with: + instrumental case) (to be overrun)

Conjugation

References

  1. Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1985), “кишіти”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volumes 2 (Д – Копці), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 440
  2. Martynaŭ, V. U., editor (1989), “кішэ́ць”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), volumes 5 (ка́яць – ліпя́нка), Minsk: Navuka i technika, page 47
  • Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2016), “кишіти”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 7 (кварта́л – кя́хтинський), Kyiv: Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
  • кишіти”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)

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