гірко

Ukrainian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɦʲirkɔ]
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Etymology 1

From гірки́й (hirkýj) +‎ (-o). Compare Russian го́рько (górʹko), Belarusian го́рка (hórka), Polish gorzko, Czech hořko.

Adverb

гі́рко • (hírko)

  1. bitterly
  2. (colloquial) heavily, hard, a lot
    Synonyms: си́льно (sýlʹno), ва́жко (vážko)

Predicative

гі́рко • (hírko)

  1. (it is) bitter (having an acrid taste)
  2. (it is) bitter (emotionally)

Interjection

гі́рко • (hírko)

  1. bitter! (a traditional shout by wedding guests urging the newlyweds to kiss, thus removing the "bitterness")

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

гірко • (hirkof inan

  1. vocative singular of гі́рка (hírka)

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