вщухнути

Ukrainian

Alternative forms

  • ущу́хнути (uščúxnuty)

Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly related to Polish szczęk.[1] With -нути (-nuty) suffix.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈʍʃt͡ʃuxnʊte]

Verb

вщу́хнути • (vščúxnutypf (imperfective вщуха́ти) (intransitive, third person only)

  1. to abate, to die down, to subside
  2. to quiet down

Usage notes

  • The forms вщу́хнути (vščúxnuty) (used after vowels) and ущу́хнути (uščúxnuty) (used after consonants or at the beginning of a clause) differ in pronunciation but are considered variants of the same word.

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ Melnychuk, O. S., editor (2012), “ущуха́ти”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 6 (У – Я), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 60

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