псувати

Ukrainian

Etymology

From пес (pes, dog) + -ува́ти (-uváty).[1] Compare Belarusian псава́ць (psavácʹ), Polish psuć, Serbo-Croatian псо̀вати / psòvati.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [psʊˈʋate]
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Verb

псува́ти • (psuváty) impf (perfective зіпсува́ти) (transitive)

  1. to spoil, to mar, to mess up, to ruin, to vitiate (damage so as to make unfit for use; reduce the value, quality, or effectiveness of)
  2. (figurative, colloquial) to corrupt, to debase, to deprave, to pervert, to vitiate
    Synonyms: деморалізува́ти impf (demoralizuváty), розбе́щувати impf (rozbéščuvaty)

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • псува́ння n (psuvánnja)
  • псува́тися impf (psuvátysja)

References

  1. Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “псувати”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka

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