гудеть

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *gǫsti ("to play a musical instrument"). Cognate with Ukrainian гуді́ти (hudíty), густи́ (hustý), Old Polish gąść and Belarusian гусці́ (huscí).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɡʊˈdʲetʲ]
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Verb

гуде́ть • (gudétʹimpf (perfective прогуде́ть or загуде́ть)

  1. to buzz; to drone; to hoot, to honk
  2. (colloquial) to party, revel

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References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “гудеть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

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