щебетати

Ukrainian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic щьбьтати (ščĭbĭtati), from Proto-Slavic *ščьbьtati.[1] Compare Russian щебета́ть (ščebetátʹ), Belarusian шчабята́ць (ščabjatácʹ), Polish szczebiotać, Slovene ščebetati.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʃt͡ʃebeˈtate]
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Verb

щебета́ти • (ščebetáty) impf (perfective щебетну́ти)

  1. to chirrup, to chirp, to tweet, to twitter, to warble
  2. (figurative) to chatter, to jabber

Conjugation

Synonyms

  • (all senses): цвірі́нькати impf (cvirínʹkaty), цвірінча́ти impf (cvirinčáty)
  • (chatter, jabber): торохті́ти impf (toroxtíty)

Derived terms

  • ще́бет m (ščébet)
  • щебета́ння n (ščebetánnja)
  • щебету́н m (ščebetún), щебету́ха f (ščebetúxa)

References

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

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