кресати

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *krěsati, *kresati (compare Russian кресать (kresát’), Polish krzosać).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /krěsati/
  • Hyphenation: кре‧са‧ти

Verb

крѐсати impf (Latin spelling krèsati)

  1. (transitive) to prune, trim, cut, clip
    кресати гранеto trim branches
    кресати стабло/дрвоto prune a tree
  2. (transitive, slang) to have sex
    кресао сам му сестру док је био на љетовању/летовањуI was having sex with his sister while he was on vacation
  3. (transitive) to reduce, cut, decrease
    кресали смо буџет све док га нисмо уравнотежилиwe kept cutting the budget until we balanced it
  4. (transitive, with dative) to speak openly and harshly
    немој ми кресати те глупости у брк!stop telling me telling that nonsense off to my face!

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

  • кресати” in Hrvatski jezični portal
  • кресати”, in Речник српскохрватскога књижевног језика (in Serbo-Croatian), Друго фототипско издање edition, volume 2, Нови Сад, Загреб: Матица српска, Матица хрватска, 1967–1976, published 1990, page 55

Ukrainian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Ruthenian креса́ти (kresáti), from Proto-Slavic *kresati.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kreˈsate]

Verb

креса́ти • (kresáty) impf

  1. (transitive) to strike fire
  2. (transitive) to strike sparks
  3. (transitive) to hit, to strike
  4. (transitive, figuratively, colloquial) to perform enthusiastically
  5. (intransitive, colloquial) to sparkle, to flash

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • креса́к m (kresák)
  • креса́ло n (kresálo)
  • креса́ння n (kresánnja)
  • креса́тися impf (kresátysja)
  • креси́во n (kresývo)
  • кресь (kresʹ)
Prefixed verbs
  • ви́кресати pf (výkresaty), викре́шувати impf (vykréšuvaty)
  • ви́кресатися pf (výkresatysja), викре́шуватися impf (vykréšuvatysja)
  • вкреса́ти pf (vkresáty)
  • закреса́ти pf (zakresáty)
  • покреса́ти pf (pokresáty)
  • скреса́ти pf (skresáty)
  • укреса́ти pf (ukresáty)

References

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